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Fucking huge ad popping up that I didn’t press.

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Expemsiveuniform · 07/10/2017 19:54

Seriously. The ads in the middle of the threads on mobile are awful. They spoil the flow of the thread. But this. This is a whole manner of fresh hell. Please. Stop it. It’s irritating. And driving me not to post here.

Fucking huge ad popping up that I didn’t press.
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moreshitandnofuckingredemption · 13/10/2017 13:02

I've just had the "you've won an iPhone 8" one that you can't click back from, I'm on an Android phone.

ZeppelinBend · 13/10/2017 12:59

Me je on my.phone and you can't back out of it either. Plus the annoying huge ads.

JeReviens · 13/10/2017 12:23

I can't use MN on my mobile because of loud insistent flashy ads offering me the chance to win an iPhone 8. Can't even close them down - they just won't go away so I won't be MNing from my phone any time soon. Anyone else getting this?

whifflesqueak · 13/10/2017 09:30

I did not click on any add, yet here I am! Being offered 25% off a cruise I will never yearn for instead of browsing aibu.

Fucking irritating.

Fucking huge ad popping up that I didn’t press.
Crispbutty · 12/10/2017 22:09

I'm fed up of the huge ad at the bottom of every thread between the last post and the typing box.

BoreOfWhabylon · 12/10/2017 22:06

Adblock Plus for ipad. From Appstore.

HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 12/10/2017 18:07

Firefox focus is a good ad blocker. I’ve not had a problem since I’ve installed it.

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AngieMumsnet · 12/10/2017 14:21

Hi,

Quick Update - we have been looking into this and trying to replicate.
I can also confirm we do not allow popups on MN, however, will look into the brand called Avene and see if I can block them altogether.
Will keep you all posted.

Catabogus · 12/10/2017 13:14

I am having this problem too. On Safari on iPad - it’s an advert for Avene at the moment that’s causing the problem. Repeatedly popping up and blocking whole screen even though I’ve never clicked It.

IceLemonGin · 11/10/2017 16:37

Huge BA ad keeps popping up multiple times per page for me. Using mobile site on android phone.

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Expemsiveuniform · 11/10/2017 14:11

And now a style and beauty about bras is bouncing to an ad for sainbury Tu clothing

Seriously this is awful. Can someone recommend me a free ad block,for iPad

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Expemsiveuniform · 11/10/2017 13:43

Thank you.

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EvansOvalPies · 11/10/2017 13:37

Thank you AmyGMumsnet

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AmyGMumsnet · 11/10/2017 13:31

Thanks so much for coming back so quickly BastardGoDarkly; this is really helpful. Will pass this on.

BastardGoDarkly · 11/10/2017 13:23

No I'm on an android phone. Hasn't happened this afternoon.

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AmyGMumsnet · 11/10/2017 13:10

Hi everyone, thanks for letting us know and sorry to hear you're having problems. We'll get our ads team to have another look.

BastardGoDarkly, are you on an iPad too?

EvansOvalPies - thanks for flagging; we'll make sure this is raised as an issue.

EvansOvalPies · 11/10/2017 11:12

I don't know if this is at all related. I use a PC at my desk, and every single time I'm on Mumsnet I get a pop-up (that I haven't clicked on, can't even find it if I look for it) purportedly from Microsoft telling me I'm one of their 'lucky random winners' who can claim a Samsung Galaxy phone or an i-pad. I'm such a lucky random winner that it is happening at least three or four times a day since Saturday, but only on MN.

Anyone else experienced this one?

BastardGoDarkly · 11/10/2017 10:50

Aaarrrrgh! I've just had a massive BA ad pop up 5x while reading one thread, was nowhere near it!

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Expemsiveuniform · 11/10/2017 06:54

Basically whatever ads you have running, anyone on an iPad can’t listen to music or the radio at the same time.

Don’t you understand how annoying this is? I get that you raise money from advertising and I want to be a decent member and let you have the revenue and me see the ads but I am going to have to install an ad block if you don’t sort this out because I listen to the radio or music and mumsneton my phone or iPad at the same time. It’s what I do.

You’re not understanding how annoyed people are with the huge ads in the middle of threads either.

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Expemsiveuniform · 11/10/2017 06:48

I’m on the iPad. Listening to radio 4 there’s an ad on all the pages on mumsnet that is stopping the radio. I can’t tell what ad it is but it is stopping the sound of radio 4

Seriously you need to sort this out.

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HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 10/10/2017 21:27

The browser on my iPad has just been forced to the page in the pictures. I didn’t click anything.

Fucking huge ad popping up that I didn’t press.
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SophieLMumsnet · 10/10/2017 12:02

Hi expemsiveuniform,

Sorry about this! So, there's no ad that pops up but your music just stops? Does anything else happen to the page?

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Expemsiveuniform · 09/10/2017 20:05

I’m getting one on my phone that stops my music when I’m playing it but I don’t know what the ad is the page doesn’t change.

I’m actually going to install an ad block if it doesn’t get sorted soon

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AngieMumsnet · 09/10/2017 15:39

thanks, TobleroneBoo, I am on it.

TobleroneBoo · 09/10/2017 15:03

Its Smart Energy, it just popped up on my desktop browser and there is no option to close it!!

As beautiful as Maya Jama is, if I didnt click it, I dont wanna see it!

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