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Top bar advertising

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TalkinBoutWhat · 23/10/2017 13:17

MN, PLEASE fix this advertising bar at the top of the computer screen.

It is so large, that I can't actually click on any of the MN links that are at the top of the page. (eg, active, I'm on, etc).

Right now, on Site Stuff, I can't even click 'Site Stuff' to get other threads in this section. It's hidden by the ad, which is NOT scrolling up and away the way I've seen others do. It's just sitting there. The ONLY threads I can get onto are the active ones on the right hand side of the screen, and only the ones lower down the list as the top ones are hidden by the Ad. (Experian and Marks and Spencers, are the two so far....)

You did this before, we all complained, you apologised and said it shouldn't have been loaded on as you were testing something new. I really hope this was a mistake, because it is IMPOSSIBLE to navigate the site.

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Nubbled · 23/10/2017 21:32

Mac on Safari, it's massive and annoying.

monkeywithacowface · 23/10/2017 21:31

Yes it does shrink back after a few seconds

ShoesHaveSouls · 23/10/2017 21:14

I'm on a Mac on Chrome, btw.

ShoesHaveSouls · 23/10/2017 21:13

I'm getting it too - exactly as Seamstress has posted.

To say it is a tad annoying is a massive understatement.

I haven't installed an adblocker - but I may have to, as it's making MN unusable. They are so intrusive - at the top, down the sides, flashing away [grrr]

SeamstressfromTreacleMineRoad · 23/10/2017 20:57

and this...

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SeamstressfromTreacleMineRoad · 23/10/2017 20:55

I'm using Microsoft Edge and this is what I'm getting on EVERY page...

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Lweji · 23/10/2017 20:46

Don't even start me on the mobile site.

It's screwing up the entire page.

HeadlessHorsemad · 23/10/2017 20:11

I'm on my phone and getting a very fine white line across the page (see pic). I thought the screen was going faulty before I saw all the complaints!

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Laiste · 23/10/2017 19:56

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3067860-What-is-this-join-our-whitelist-thing-which-keeps-trying-to-load-on-every-page-of-MN?msgid=72847589#72847589

This was my thread earlier. Should have looked here first.

I've got the white bar with the whitelist message. Yes it goes away after a few seconds but it's back every time you change page or refresh. Spoiling MN.

Lweji · 23/10/2017 19:55

It's not only the advertisement bar, it's the bloody floating MN that keeps going over the page.

ARghhh!!!

TwitterQueen1 · 23/10/2017 19:39

This is so frigging annoying. As in really, really annoying.

brasty · 23/10/2017 19:34

I get it on my laptop too, but it does shrink back fairly quickly. It is irritating though. But on my phone, it often just stays there and I can hardly read threads, so just don't bother with it now on phone

clownfaces · 23/10/2017 19:32

Blocking the whole thread

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DrMadelineMaxwell · 23/10/2017 19:31

I'm getting it.

It shrinks back. And quite quickly, but that's not the point. Either an advertiser pays for an advert space and gets makes their advert fit that space or they don't.

Don't give us ads that expand and intrude before then deigning to shrink back, especially not with every page refresh or reload.

Not the first time we've had ads that intrude and open/enlarge etc at will. Really puts me off the site while they are there. And has a complete effect on my re:wanting their product than I'm sure they want an ad to instill.

clownfaces · 23/10/2017 19:31

And this Hmm

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clownfaces · 23/10/2017 19:27

I'm also getting it on my laptop, using safari. It does shrink back after some seconds but it's every time I click on a new page or thread.
It is driving me crazy so might have to give mn a miss tonight.

brasty · 23/10/2017 19:17

I don't go on MN on my phone for this reason.

Missingthesea · 23/10/2017 18:54

I'm getting it too, on google on a laptop.

PencilsInSpace · 23/10/2017 18:43

I just timed mine. 9 seconds for the whitelist message to disappear, 14 seconds for the bar to shrink back.

MyBrilliantDisguise · 23/10/2017 17:52

if you scroll up can you see the links to Active/TIO etc? And does the ad "shrink back" after a few secs?

Yes, the ad shrinks back after a few (irritating) seconds, but it always covers the links to Active etc. I have to scroll up to see the top of the page.

BlackeyedSusan · 23/10/2017 17:41

I can see an inch of screen between the bloody purple thing at the bottom and the white thing at the top. not acceptable

I am certainly not going to be buying anything from the brands that are advertising as it is pissing me off and I am not going to be coming to mumsnet as much as it is pissing me off so the advertisers will get one fewer viewer...

yawning801 · 23/10/2017 17:39

Half the time I get a blank space, the size of the massive advert, which goes away after a few seconds. And the other half, I get something about whitelisting MN! I haven't changed anything in my AdBlocker or Wifi.

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AaaaaaaarrghmyGMumsnet · 23/10/2017 17:28

Hi Toad - can you post us a screenshot of the 'white space' with the message please? Does it stay 'stuck' on the page, or shrink back after five seconds or so?

ToadTheVampireThreadKiller · 23/10/2017 17:14

I am using Chrome, on a laptop. It is slowing loading even with the adblocker. It just gives a huge white space with the message about the whitelist so am only slightly better off than having a half page John Lewis ad.

I think I will wait until it is fixed and come back later.

ToadTheVampireThreadKiller · 23/10/2017 17:10

Rather than re-post mine, I am adding this

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3067666-Adverts-obscuring-MN-page?msgid=72843351#72843351