MASSIVE ADS halfway down the thread page

@PortiaCastis I strongly suspect it's the data hungry ads cocking everything up.

Can anyone recommend an ad blocker for Android please?

Ad blocker installed. It is blissful.

Also why am I seeing lots and lots of posts in triplicate this evening.

Any update on this @AnyaMumsnet? When you implement something that starts costing your users in data don't be surprised at the uprising of the use of ad blockers or people stopping using the site.

Yes, the ads are shit and annoying, and a mistake in my view.

They are also interfering with how the site loads and I'm quite frankly getting pissed off with a page not scrolling because it's taking forever to load these obnoxious adverts and find myself just going elsewhere.

Yy to horrible moving ads being very very ott on the mobile site.

Mn used to be somewhere I could browse even if my data was running a bit low, avoiding it completely now unless I'm over WiFi and going to reddit instead.

And please don't just say 'use the mobile app' it's not got half the functionality or ease of use as the mobile site.

@MNHQ this is intrusive and these ads are going to lose you revenue and are not fit for purpose.

Please just get shot of them. You have tried it once before and it backfired. What on earth made you think it would be ok this time?

I’m not feeling that “we’re taking it on board” is much of an answer tbh. If they are here to stay, could you post to let us know?

This didn’t happen before, so why now? I am trying to click the x to close but sometimes that takes you to the ad instead. SO annoying

Please get rid of these ads. Some of us will consider deserting the site if you can't. They are very intrusive and I suspect people who need advice are not getting as much because of them.

They are very off-putting.

Another one hating these massive ads appearing every so many posts. I'm on a mobile device, they disrupt the flow of reading, they are distracting and make me think that there are no more posts. I'm clicking the x everytime, not even viewing the ad so if everyone is doing this.. no one is looking at the advert! Please change this, it's irritating and making me reconsider my Mumsnet use.

The ads just below the OP are really intrusive and annoying. I've started clicking the x to get rid of it every time, but that's a pita in itself.

Can something please be done about the data-eating ads on the mobile site? The clue is in the name; we're on our mobiles and don't want our data used up by shit ads. Keep those for the desktop version. Come on, @MNHQ, you can do WAY better than this.

The ads are driving me Maddy-please out then somewhere else!

And of course, a large moving ad is on this thread too! Will an ad blocker stop this? Bit counter productive though if the ads make us take steps to stop seeing the ads!

There are ads at the top, and ads at the bottom, and now ones in the middle? I’d rather pay for an ad free mumsnet to be honest. Moving ads are very distracting and if I’m distracted I’m not spending as much time reading threads on here.

It's really annoying. I kept thinking there were no posts after the OP

Please sort this out, it's annoying and b___y frustrating.

It is not getting any less irritating with time.

@MNHQ are you going to respond to this thread and can you actually justify this quite frankly ludicrous move?

Yes could we please have some sort of response as to why our screenshots are disappearing and why were seeing the large ads straight after the OP, because if there's a problem we're always asked for a screenshot but we've given them before you've asked and now they're nowhere to be seen.

No response as usual, I see 🙄

Where did my screenshot go? It showed a massive ad completely covering the first post on a thread.
Like others I keep opening threads and thinking there haven't been any replies to the OP as there's an ad in the way.
I'd be grateful if someone could recommend a good ad blocker please - I'd be happy to pay for one.

I initially thought there was just one post on a couple of threads because the ad appeared, so I didn't scroll down.

So annoying and puts me off the advertiser.