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Please cant he mumsnet aficionados explain why we as members get to somewhat dictate the advertising

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FiveFingeredFiend · 03/05/2007 13:34

As i don't get it.

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littlelapin · 03/05/2007 14:04

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LazyLine · 03/05/2007 14:03

Thinking about it, FFF, I realise that if MN Towers are going to give in to general concensus on advertisers so regularly, then maybe they should be thinking more about what advertisers they accept in the first place?

SherlockLGJ · 03/05/2007 14:00

We have Nortons AV, and I don't get any ads, feel quite left out sometimes.

FiveFingeredFiend · 03/05/2007 13:56

yes lazyline i dispute not what you are saying.

Rather i am saying there is something more organised than that. And even more, MNHQ take notice when it comes to particular advertizers!

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LazyLine · 03/05/2007 13:48

Because there's no rule that says that you just have to sit back and keep your opinions to yourself. I dont think dictation as such is going on, but why sit and take what you find to be offensive?

Grrrr · 03/05/2007 13:45

Puts commercial thinking cap on .......

um let me see, because if it's commercial stuff you know and approve of you are not really a good target market as you probably already buy their products.

admittedly if it's stuff MN'ers post about in strongly negative terms then it's unlikely to gain new customers either but remember loads of less confident people lurk, reading threads but never posting and what do we know about their shopping preferences/tolerances ? Not a thing, because they don't post to inform us that they are quite likely to buy a "lunchable" and are pleased to see the fat and salt content has been lowered so will buy them more often.

Twiglett · 03/05/2007 13:44

Sky .. not disgusting .. farkin' annoying .. it has loud sound .. and encouraged my 3 year old to come over from the other couch and start bothering me

can you not understand how that simply can't be allowed

FiveFingeredFiend · 03/05/2007 13:42

I agree re david guest, it seems that there is some kind of list, and there are mumsnetters who say "milupa! how very ...."

"sky?.....that is just disgusting"

it seems that there are ethics about these thngs which the mumsnet population get to have an opinion on, which i don't understand becuase surely it is all money tot he mumsnet teach ( pay rise tech?)

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PeachyChocolateEClair · 03/05/2007 13:40

because its supposed to be a community I guess? because they want us back?
Did you notice how Hamleys stopped publicising all night visits by michael jackson a few years back? If poeple are generalyy offended in any way (eg nestle) by what they associate with your brand its a big negative for the brand itself

Or maybe its nothing to do with that, maybe its jusr coz MN are nce poele? (recalling the horrid amazon books a while back)

littlelapin · 03/05/2007 13:38

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LynetteScavo · 03/05/2007 13:37

Because if I had to see David Gests ugly face any longer I would have stopped using the site. (sorry to offend little lapin)

littlelapin · 03/05/2007 13:35

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