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What on earth is ad choices doing here?!

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BIWI · 21/12/2018 08:53

This appeared in my feed today (a thread in relationships I think).

It's 'ad choices' so supposed to reflect the kind of things that I buy/search.

I don't have a dog and I have absolutely no interest in dogs, and I live in London - so no idea why this should pop up on my phone!

What on earth is ad choices doing here?!

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BillywilliamV · 04/01/2019 13:02

Yeah. I keep getting dating sites on Mumsnet, I've been married for 18 years, Time to move on ?

bunintheoven88 · 04/01/2019 12:59

Thanks @TimMumsnet

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TimMumsnet · 04/01/2019 12:40

Hey @bunintheoven88 - thanks for raising this, how strange! It's unfortunately difficult for us to ensure sure adverts are in the correct language since it's decided by the ad provider and not us.

Sometimes this may occur if you have limited ad tracking, but I'm not certain on that.

bunintheoven88 · 04/01/2019 00:06

Could anybody shed any light on why the ads on my phone app are in another language? 🤔

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BIWI · 02/01/2019 14:33

I'll let you know if I come across any more!

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AnyaMumsnet · 02/01/2019 12:34

Hi all,

Thanks for reporting these dodgy ads. We've found and blocked all of the ads you've reported, please post any others you find.

We've recently been trying a different source of ads on iOS app, 99.9% of the ads have been fine, with some glaring exceptions! If for some reason we aren't able to clear up these kinds of ads in the future, we will return to the more reliable ad source.

Thanks for all your feedback, we'll keep an eye on the situation.

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BIWI · 02/01/2019 11:01

Not only is that ad totally irrelevant to me, it's also American, so no idea why ad choices think this is for me!

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BIWI · 02/01/2019 11:00

I'm still getting them!

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TimMumsnet · 31/12/2018 15:35

@TheCbeebiesYellowBlobs - yes! We managed to hunt down and block the majority of the dodgy adverts being seen. Thanks for reporting them, and let us know if anything else surfaces.

TheCbeebiesYellowBlobs · 31/12/2018 13:33

I'm getting Little Life backpacks and content management systems now, huge improvement, did the update fix something?

TheCbeebiesYellowBlobs · 30/12/2018 13:41

Sexy!!!

TheCbeebiesYellowBlobs · 29/12/2018 17:16

Quite graphic isn't it! I miss the ads for washing powder

BloomsButtons · 29/12/2018 10:58

I'm getting ads for blocked Fallopian tubes

FourFuxxakes · 29/12/2018 09:56

I use duckduckgo and no longer get any adverts!

averylongtimeago · 29/12/2018 09:31

This is weird!
On this thread right now.

TheCbeebiesYellowBlobs · 29/12/2018 09:06

Wtf are these. Second one is this very thread!

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BIWI · 29/12/2018 00:39

I'm now getting one for Cord Blood Gift Registry.

a) I'm not pregnant
b) I'm no longer capable of getting pregnant!
c) I'm not American so don't want to save $200 on this (God knows how much it must cost ...)

WTAF is going on?!

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 27/12/2018 21:47

Schroedingersbadger · 27/12/2018 21:09

I have non-personalised ads and just searched up this thread, getting this at the end...

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TimMumsnet · 27/12/2018 13:40

Hi guys, I've looked into the specific ad and haven't been able to find it. If you see it again, could you send us the URL it links to?

In general, switching off personalised ads will usually give you stranger adverts, so I'm not sure that will help much. We already block many advert categories that are remotely sensitive, and will continue to hunt down any you sent us.

As always, thanks for your feedback!

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BIWI · 24/12/2018 23:02

Blimey I hope not. The cats will go nuts

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PhilODox · 24/12/2018 22:51

Aw, DH is getting you a puppy for Christmas!