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OMG the top advert bar

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GirlDownUnder · 10/02/2018 15:13

Tis so fucking annoying. I know, adds is money is good business, and I even read a few.

But the top add that does not fuck off when you scroll down / up? which means losing half the screen, and to add insult for me it’s some duck faced smug arse selling shite I’ve no interest in, means I do not even read the op. Such is the duck face annoyance that I click away rather than read / comment.

Please make the top add bar fuck off when I start scrolling.

Please x

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430West · 05/03/2018 13:52

I would be more than happy to pay for MN - why can't we have an 'ad free' option?

AtrociousCircumstance · 05/03/2018 11:45

I absolutely hate these ads too. It makes the site look irritating and trashy. Puts me off and I’ve been a member for years.

LineysInTheSnow · 05/03/2018 11:42

Please get rid of the moving rabbits. Got headache.

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GirlDownUnder · 05/03/2018 11:39

Seems my mardy arse rant was worth it Grin

So MN are you gonna fix it? There’s a Brew in it for you. Gin if you make it sooner??

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LizzieMumsnet · 05/03/2018 11:39

Hi All,

Thanks for flagging.

I have informed tech and we will come back with an update.

430West · 04/03/2018 19:27

I now have to have another window blocking the top of my browser as its just impossible to read anything with the spinning wheel constantly going round (i'm currently using an Excel window Sad). This is now the only way MN is usable for me:

OMG the top advert bar
Creambun2 · 04/03/2018 14:10

An adlocker just kills the bars content - bar is still there and moving - makes threads very hard to read.

BoreOfWhabylon · 04/03/2018 01:32

Adblock Plus free from appstore. Install then follow instructions to enable (easy peasy)

echt · 02/03/2018 09:15

Bloody bloody awful.

Will someone please direct me to an ad blocker?

mathanxiety · 02/03/2018 03:14

I am back to having the whirling page loading thing instead of an ad in the adbar. It had disappeared for a few weeks. There was a thread in Site Stuff about it.

You had a good deal of feedback about ads and the whirly thing back then.

Nobody liked either of them. It is not news to you that people are annoyed by the visual effects here.

IvorHughJarrs · 28/02/2018 10:19

I, too, have installed an ad blocker as it was driving me berserk

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FlissMumsnet · 28/02/2018 10:16

Hi Again,

We're really sorry to hear how annoying these ads can be for you. As Justine has said, we are just trialing stuff at the mo to see what works best for everyone. It's a fine balance and we realise we don't always get it right straight away.

Thanks a lot for the feedback - do keep it coming and thanks also for bearing with us when the ads make you want to scream!

chemenger · 28/02/2018 08:52

I agree that this bar is annoying. I don’t want to see a picture of a poor injured kitten above some silly thread I’m reading and I’m also not going to donate to the charity, which is not local to me (I already volunteer for a cat charity where I live) so I end up just navigating away from the page.

pastabest · 26/02/2018 20:45

I'm not one to complain about the ads as they largely pass me by and I rarely even notice them (advertisers worst nightmare)

But my word that bar that doesn't move at the top over the last few days VERY ANNOYING.

I've ended up with multiple random tabs open for random shite because I've been trying to scroll up/bookmark etc and the ad gets in the way.

Still couldn't tell you what any of them were actually trying to sell because they all got closed in annoyance.

430West · 26/02/2018 20:38

A floating blank space would be way better than the current situation!

430West · 26/02/2018 20:37

This has annoyed me so much I've installed an add blocker, but now instead of the add, I have the spinning 'loading' wheel there permanently and can't scroll past it.

The fact that it moves just makes that page completely unreadable.

Can't you offer us a paid for add free version of your site?

AwkwardSquad · 25/02/2018 09:22

Hi Mumsnet Towers - I’ve previously posted about how intrusive I find the fixed leaderboard. Up to now I’ve resisted installing an ad blocker as I do appreciate that sites such as this need to bring in revenue, but it’s hacking me off so much I’ve now installed one. So at least I don’t have my viewing experience marred by having to constantly look at them, even if I’ve now got a floating blank space instead!

Heliophilous · 22/02/2018 16:51

Ah, OK. Yes, that makes sense. Thanks.

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JustineMumsnet · 22/02/2018 16:15

@Heliophilous

30% of the screen is masses, though. That's nearly a third! Are you seriously suggesting that isn't annoying?

30% is very much a maximum - it's the cut off point suggested by coalition of good ads, so that's where we set the maximum bar. Only a very small number of users are likely to have that % though - it will only apply to those who are accessing mumsnet via desktop on very small screens... the average user will have a much lower % of the screens showing ads. Hope that makes sense...

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JustineMumsnet · 22/02/2018 16:09

@PanPanPanPing

But you were telling her to log in and then she might lose the top ad. I don't think it works that way!

We're testing a few different things on a few different boards - just want to check if it's working...

Heliophilous · 22/02/2018 15:58

30% of the screen is masses, though. That's nearly a third! Are you seriously suggesting that isn't annoying?

PanPanPanPing · 22/02/2018 15:51

But you were telling her to log in and then she might lose the top ad. I don't think it works that way!

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JustineMumsnet · 22/02/2018 15:38

@PanPanPanPing

... meaning that GDU was clearly already logged in when she took the screenshots!

good point, well made - we're just checking it out (possibly an ipad issuette...)

Zelenka · 22/02/2018 15:22

I thought this thread was going to be about the ads for the horrific multi-coloured shoes.

PanPanPanPing · 22/02/2018 15:16

... meaning that GDU was clearly already logged in when she took the screenshots!

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