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For the love of the wee man please do something about the ads

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mychilddoesntlookdisabled · 21/05/2017 08:20

HQ. Please. Make a decision about the ads. Either make them less intrusive or give us an option to pay a sub and get rid of them.

I'm on laptop, mobile on phone and sometimes Ipad. They make the site unusable and I'm going to be investigating an adblock today.

I am sure that is not what you want - I understand the need for ads to generate revenue, but when they are so intrusive that they interfere with the ability to use the site then you've gone a bit too far in the wrong direction.

Also, I wouldn't buy anything that is advertised like that, in an intrusive ad that pisses me off, because instead of thinking fluffy warm thoughts about the product being advertised, I'm thinking "FUCK THE FUCK OFF YOU ANNOYING TWAT" which I am sure is not the intention of the advertiser.

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AllRoadsLeadBackToRadley · 23/05/2017 23:43

The ads are a MASSIVE issue for me, as I have to use the zoom feature on my screen. It makes it almost impossible to scroll up without accidentally clicking on one!

And those sidebar ones means I'm getting one word per line!

I know the majority of MNers are not VI, but there must be a small number of us who get driven even more batshit by it!

SinisterBumFacedCat · 23/05/2017 23:35

Also I have to sign in every time again (which is usually a bad sign)

MorrisZapp · 23/05/2017 23:35

:) Liney

SinisterBumFacedCat · 23/05/2017 23:34

I can read approximately one line due to the ads. The fact that they are on this thread too is just silly!

For the love of the wee man please do something about the ads

unavita · 23/05/2017 23:32

Is it also why the mobile site was completely fucked recently?

LineysRun · 23/05/2017 23:32

This swimming pool is very small.

That swimming pool is far away.

PrancerForHoney · 23/05/2017 23:29

LineysRun
Oh the bloody irony!

So these ads are the reason why my data has been caned ?

unavita · 23/05/2017 23:24

Can we at least see more interesting ads, if it has to fill entire screen?

OlennasWimple · 23/05/2017 23:21

When I browse on my phone (Samsung Galaxy, using the mobile site not the app) I can only MN on wifi, otherwise all my data allowance is used up in a few pages plus it takes aaaaaaggggggeeeeeessssss to load. It's OK on wifi and on my laptop, except that I have to be really invested in a thread to bother scrolling past the large ads that appear in the middle of the posts - I've given up reading loads of threads because I CBA to keep scrolling and hoping I don't accidentally click on the advert instead

BiggerBoatNeeded · 23/05/2017 23:19

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HexeSauerkraut · 23/05/2017 23:18

I'm using an iPhone 7 plus with Safari. Like pp have said, in the last couple of days there have been ads down the right hand side, top and bottom of page and now on every page at least one big ad in the middle.

ChestyNut · 23/05/2017 23:17

I phone 6 using google. Please make it stop.

Multiple ads in middle of threads

Catzpyjamas · 23/05/2017 23:13

And I'm either getting big ads in the middle of threads or blank spaces like the attached. Also the site is not fully loading.

Catzpyjamas · 23/05/2017 23:10

MNHQ, I'm on Silk Browser on a Kindle Fire.

starsorwater · 23/05/2017 22:47

the moving grass troll ad is horrific!

LineysRun · 23/05/2017 22:33

That is not an 'endless' pool. That is a very, very small pool.

ClopySow · 23/05/2017 22:20

Oh come ON! If you're going to force adverts on me, at least make them realistic

IHeartKingThistle · 23/05/2017 22:17

I get why ads are there, but there's something deeply wrong about them in the middle of threads. Not OK.

Perihelion · 23/05/2017 22:14

And now underneath my last post a big box and with changing ads and moving text......just no

Perihelion · 23/05/2017 22:11

The ads occasionally vertically running down the right hand side, on the mobile site cause me to leave the page. It's that fucking nippy.
Am off to investigate ad blocker.

Bearfrills · 23/05/2017 21:37

And this is the ad above the reply text box that others have reported.

Bearfrills · 23/05/2017 21:17

And this is my current view of _Chat, I can barely see the thread titles as the screen is around 95% adverts.

Bearfrills · 23/05/2017 21:14

Using an S6, viewing the mobile site via Internet (not the MN app).

I have a banner at the top, that's fine. Mildly irritating but I understand it being there, raising funds for the site, blah blah blah.

Then slap bang in the middle of the thread I have this huge yellow box ad for Slissie (who are now known in my head as "fuck of fucking Slissie" which I'm sure is exactly what they wanted when they bought the ad space).

Then at the bottom I have another ad which again is mildly irritating but easily ignored.

As you can see from the screenshot with the yellow box I can't read the full post of the replies directly above and below it. This is what makes the site impossible to use thanks to these new ads, it's impossible to read because they make it disjointed and interrupt the flow of reading. It's really annoying.

EwanWhosearmy · 23/05/2017 21:03

This is my view of this thread. 3 lines of text.

Nancy91 · 23/05/2017 20:54

The ads are annoying but they don't make the site unusable and they generate the funds needed to keep the site going.

They are really annoying though! Especially on mobile devices

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