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Site diverting to irrelevant gaming(?) app.

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Gruach · 10/06/2016 08:45

Surely it's not just on my phone? Innocently scrolling through any old thread, with no advert in the middle of the page, I'm suddenly confronted with a huge advert. Clicking to delete it just takes me to an apps thing.

Why is it happening?

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BertieBotts · 21/06/2016 13:10

Do you mean the website it's redirecting to or the thread we were looking at when the ad came up?

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RebeccaMumsnet · 21/06/2016 13:00

Apologies that this is taking so long, we are working on it.

Can we ask please to tell us your Browser and device info and the exact URL of the website where you've noticed the ad, so that the Ad quality team can find the root cause of the issue; and, suggest a proper resolution as soon as possible.

Huge apologies, we look forward to your answers, thank you.

JennyHolzersGhost · 21/06/2016 11:08

Just had it again. Mobile site. The Cyclops ad.

BertieBotts · 21/06/2016 08:43

Well mine can't be dismissed by pressing the back arrow and it's done it again. This time I couldn't even use the home trick. Luckily I was able to close the tab.

I can't post Screenshots from mobile Internet because my speed is capped. Will add later, but you can see it looks like it's trying to download something. I'm worried about it! Being redirected to that site and whatever it's loading made my phone get really hot too which is a concern as it drains battery life and also if a lithium battery overheats they can explode. I'm sure a website wouldn't do that but it shouldn't be happening.

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Gruach · 21/06/2016 08:24

Is it only on the mobile site? (I rarely see MN on a laptop and don't use the app.)

As long as it's intermittent and can be dismissed by pressing the back arrow on my phone I'll reserve any raised blood pressure for more important things - but if it can't be controlled then surely it might get worse?

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hobnobsaremyfavourite · 21/06/2016 08:15

Between the trolls goady fuckers and now this it's a bit crap as a site at the moment
Good job Wimbledon starts next week

hobnobsaremyfavourite · 21/06/2016 08:14

Me too
This seems to keep happening , gets sorted and then starts again
It makes the site virtually unuseable

PseudoBadger · 21/06/2016 07:14

Cyclops. It's the way forward. All hail Cyclops.

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Gruach · 21/06/2016 06:26

A year from now we will all be enslaved to Cyclops. 24 hours a day.

We won't remember a different way of life ...

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BestIsWest · 21/06/2016 05:50

Me too.

jaffajiffy · 21/06/2016 05:34

Still happening for me too. V annoying

Springymajig · 20/06/2016 21:35

Still happening quite frequently. Perhaps 1 in every 15 page loads, if not more often.

Site diverting to irrelevant gaming(?) app.

AMomentaryLapseOfReason · 20/06/2016 13:07

Still happening on my phone too: the Cyclops ad linked to unthread. Hope you can get it fixed soon, it's been ages and it's really irritating.

BertieBotts · 20/06/2016 06:35

History page. Are the full URLs useful to you? The next thread I vI sited after that was this one.

BertieBotts · 20/06/2016 06:33

Here's this morning's lovely redirect. Again, when the pop up comes it disables all the buttons on the browser so I have to close the whole thing out and quickly hit home before it reloads when I restart the browser.

Maladicta · 19/06/2016 18:33

Just had it again. Getting v bored with this.

ComaToes · 18/06/2016 23:12

And again just now:

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Gruach · 18/06/2016 19:56

Ok!

It's certainly intriguing ...

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RebeccaMumsnet · 18/06/2016 19:53

The Ad team did some tweaking on Friday but it seems that has not helped. We'll be raising again with them now.

Apologies all, we will keep trying.

PseudoBadger · 18/06/2016 10:27

Still happening here too

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Gruach · 18/06/2016 08:31

It is much more frequent today. I think I've had it three or four times in the past hour and a half.

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Wistfulthinking · 18/06/2016 07:56

I have been getting this too - iPhone 5c and safari.

MsKite · 18/06/2016 03:25

I've got it a couple of times in the past few mins too

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Gruach · 17/06/2016 16:38

For me too.

Guess they're still working on it.

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ProcrastinatorGeneral · 17/06/2016 16:12

Again here today.

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