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To wonder why I keep being thrown into threads I didnt select

114 replies

Carbosug · 11/04/2020 21:39

It keeps happening. Everytime I click on a thread a different one opens. It's driving me mad. Anyone else having the same problem?

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donquixotedelamancha · 12/04/2020 08:50

On my phone it's because the banner ad at the top of the page is slow to load and when it does it moves the threads down by a couple.

Yes, it's this. The links aren't actually where they appear to be as it starts to load.

This happens to me constantly- takes ages to load. @MNHQ I've seen this raised before, any chance of dealing with that awful banner?

Eggcited · 12/04/2020 08:46

Same here. Its very frustrating. Especially given how long it actually takes to load a thread in the first place, only for it to then be something completely different to what you actually wanted.

Areyoufree · 12/04/2020 08:43

Yes, and it’s definitely got worse recently. And don’t get me started on that sodding Disney plus banner. I swear I am nowhere near it, but it still sends me to the Disney plus webpage.

Theresnobslikeshowb · 12/04/2020 08:40

I thought it was just me!

Port1aCastis · 12/04/2020 08:08

Me too im on an android tablet so annoying

Spied · 12/04/2020 08:08

Me too. So annoying..
I often give-up browsing and go and do something useful insteadGrin

longearedbat · 12/04/2020 08:05

Me as well! Even if I wait for the page to finish loading it seems to get stuck in a cycle of selecting the wrong thing. Often I come out of mumsnet and start again. The only thing I can say is that it never used to happen.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 12/04/2020 08:01

Me too, I'm on a tablet.

Original poster
Carbosug · 12/04/2020 07:58

Glad it's not just me then. Thought MN HQ had it in for me.

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Catzpyjamas · 12/04/2020 01:57

Well this isn't the thread I thought I'd clicked on so YANBU!

ALongHardWinter · 12/04/2020 01:55

Meant to add that it can take me 4 or 5 attempts sometimes to get on the right thread!

ALongHardWinter · 12/04/2020 01:54

I was thinking it was just me! Ever since I've started using my phone (as opposed to my tablet) to look at Mumsnet,I am constantly going into threads that I didn't click on. The most annoying thing is that I often start reading the thread's opening post without actually checking the title,then I end up thinking 'Eh? That doesn't bear any relation to the question',before realising once again that it's not the thread I clicked on! Angry

MoreSchnitzelPlease · 12/04/2020 00:30

It's the adverts, they take longer to load than the rest of the page. When the ads do load, they bump the page down and you get taken to threads you didn't intend to click on as the page moves.

1Morewineplease · 12/04/2020 00:28

I just thought it was my bloody fat Cumberland sausage fingers. But it does seem to be happening a bit more frequently of late. Maybe Justine has tweaked something to annoy us and pay for the subscription.

Lougle · 11/04/2020 23:12

It's always happened to me. It can take 3 attempts to get to the right thread.

AntiHop · 11/04/2020 23:11

Oh yes me too.

Cheshire1973 · 11/04/2020 23:09

Yes, me too. Only been happening for the last few weeks though. No change in phone, think it's the slow loading pages.

GulliBelle · 11/04/2020 23:08

I thought it was me, apparently not.

Heygirlheyboy · 11/04/2020 23:05

And now I keep on being brought back to this thread! Hmm

Bookbandconfusion · 11/04/2020 23:05

Yes, v annoying. Glad it's not just me!

emilybrontescorsett · 11/04/2020 23:03

Same here.

Bigjobbiewheecker · 11/04/2020 23:00

Me too! I told my DH my phone was goosed.

tessiegirl · 11/04/2020 22:58

Oh my goodness! Happens to me too!

SunshineDays2019 · 11/04/2020 22:53

Agreed! It's been driving me bananas, definitely worse recently. It took 3 attempts to open this thread!!

SandyY2K · 11/04/2020 22:49

Same here. Its annoying.