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"This may also interest you" But it Utterly, utterly does not

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TalkinPeace · 11/01/2018 20:39

Every time I arrive on the site, half my screen is filled with stuff about Pregnancy.
I'm 52
one of my kids is at University, the other soon will be
PLEASE
make a way for me to hide stuff that most definitely does not "interest me"

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LornaMumsnet · 22/01/2018 15:20

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback.

Just a little update here. Not too far into the future, we'll be able to make sure that logged in users don't get stuff that they've no earthly use for. We're not quite there yet, so please do bear with us and watch this space.

cod · 22/01/2018 09:44

I agree. It’s a bad feature

CoteDAzur · 22/01/2018 08:05

I don't mind the ads but am pissed off that clicking on Reply on the mobile site takes me to the middle of "This may also interest you" ads rather than the comment box. I the. Have to scroll up to get to said box, and the way to do that on the iPhone is to swipe down, which sometimes clicks on one of the ads (so then I have to close that window, and get back to the one I was trying to write a comment on). All of this takes ages & fucks me off.

It seems a bit pathetic. Are you so desperate for revenue that you try to trick people into clicking on ads? It's ruining user experience IMHO.

BeyondWW · 19/01/2018 22:17

S'transphobic too, all this talk of biology... Wink

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TalkinPeace · 19/01/2018 20:49

Hi there @lornamumsnet
I'm still not interested in a pregnancy calculator

why are you still inflicting it on us ??

It does NOT INTEREST ME
and makes me even more glad of my multiple adblockers that I would recommend to all posters who are not trying to get up the duff

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A580Hojas · 16/01/2018 18:21

My sponsored ad on this page is an arial photo of an idyllic beach and the ad is all about "luxe" honeymoon destinations. How clever of MN to know that I am planning to divorce dh and marry a millionaire who doesn't mind short chubby 55 year olds in specs who will whisk me away on a destination honeymoon! Am well impressed Grin.

SheGotOffThePlane · 16/01/2018 18:13

Such as these

"This may also interest you" But it Utterly, utterly does not
"This may also interest you" But it Utterly, utterly does not
SheGotOffThePlane · 16/01/2018 18:12

I'm on the mobile site and when I get to the bottom of a thread, even to get to the 'back to top' in order to 'watch' I'm getting 4 or 5 of these adverts to do with pregnancy calculators and getting your baby to sleep. None of which are remotely applicable to me.

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TalkinPeace · 16/01/2018 18:04

Yup, I'm still getting the pregnancy calculator.

How about a menopause calculator on there for balance Grin

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BeyondWW · 16/01/2018 18:01

Mine are all aimed at those with babies/pregnant too.
My kids are still kids and all the ads are still irrelevant.

Doilooklikeatourist · 12/01/2018 22:16

Yep , I’m 57

One Dc at uni. One working. Have no intention of changing my car , or having another baby

"This may also interest you" But it Utterly, utterly does not
lougle · 12/01/2018 22:10

Ohhh I see them now, apologies. I'm on the mobile app. I must just never scroll that far. All those pixels are wasted on me Grin

lougle · 12/01/2018 22:08

How do you get those Confused I arrive at the site via mumsnet.com/Talk/Threads-Im-On. Then I go from there to Active. I never see any adds except the horrible side bar stuff, etc.

SexTrainGlue · 12/01/2018 20:34

What I find most annoying is that 11/12 of the so-called parenting tips are actually babycare tips.

PanPanPanPing · 12/01/2018 18:08

I do not have children. The reasons why are very private - and sad - to me. But as I am a MNer, I realise that this website's advertising tends to be aimed at parents. I do have the ability to ignore the ads which aren't relevant to me.

ScreamingValenta · 12/01/2018 17:57

I'm getting them too - 'pregnancy dos and don'ts' and the 'Mumsnet Pregnancy Calendar' are no use to me post-hysterectomy Grin. They don't bother me as I just ignore them, but the 'this may also interest you' is a bit bizarre - like an algorithm has misfired somewhere Confused. It's only within the last few days they have started popping up.

FlibbertyGiblets · 12/01/2018 17:53

thanks matey.

I don't mind the ads, I click on 'em when I can be bothered sometimes fat fingers do it for me anyway cos clicks mean revenue for our lovely free-to-use site CAT me you cunt etc no skin off my nez.

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TalkinPeace · 12/01/2018 17:48

PS I agree with flibberty
There are people coming to this site who cannot have kids, who have lost kids, or have other reasons why that set of MN links is deeply inappropriate.

Fine, pop it there for a day, but have a "hide" button on it

  • for misery guts like me
  • for those who find it triggering
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PanPanPanPing · 12/01/2018 17:41

I don't think that the ads that the OP is concerned about is on the sidebar, but at the bottom, underneath the blue bar which says "This may also interest you". But I do realise that the desktop site, mobile site and App all probably look quite different. (I use the desktop site).

"I hate it when people on MN. Like they're too cool to care." Gonethebest, if I was too cool to care I wouldn't be posting on this thread in the first place.

My personal view is that I don't mind about these ads, but I'm more than happy to add screenshots and links if they're of any help to the OP - and MNHQ.

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TalkinPeace · 12/01/2018 17:11

I have three adblockers running on my computer.
All of the links my screen is full of are MN's own

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GonethebestnamesaresaidYoda · 12/01/2018 17:03

This is what is currently on the sidebar of MN for me!

"This may also interest you" But it Utterly, utterly does not
GonethebestnamesaresaidYoda · 12/01/2018 17:01

I hate it when people on MN. Like they're too cool to care.

CountFosco · 12/01/2018 16:57

It's all the sales adverts that are driving me mad at the moment, all 'look how much we're reduced the dress you bought full price back in November'. Fuck off House of Fraser. I suppose at least I do go to the House of Fraser website though whereas we all seem to be being told 'this may also interest you' about the same things wherever we are in the site.

PanPanPanPing · 12/01/2018 16:51

Just remembered there was an MNHQ stickied (at the time) thread about this last year www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/2924841-Testing-a-new-links-widget-on-Chat?msgid=68975059

MakeMisogynyAHateCrime · 12/01/2018 16:39

Meh it doesn’t bother me (at least as far as the mobile site goes) it’s below the content inaccess and I mainly only see a little bit of the first advert below the “this might be of interest to you bar”. They’ve got to make money somehow, I don’t care if adverts are irrelevant. shrug