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Site adverts draining battery life

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impostersyndrome · 23/07/2020 17:14

I wonder if this is a recent problem, but I've found that my ipad battery life is draining very fast, I think due to the adverts starting and refreshing automatically. I have no option to suppress them, so I cannot use the site unless I'm by a PC (perhaps a good thing Grin).

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Branleuse · 14/09/2020 22:22

Still seems to be fairly popular tbf

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impostersyndrome · 14/09/2020 21:47

@Flyinggeese

This daft video will be the reason I leave MN. Infuriating but I suppose it’s bringing in money. What’s the point of appeasing advertisers at the expense of users though?
It’s so frustrating. The response above, blithely recommending the premium site, makes me feel like Mumsnet really isn’t listening to its users.
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Flyinggeese · 14/09/2020 17:09

This daft video will be the reason I leave MN. Infuriating but I suppose it’s bringing in money. What’s the point of appeasing advertisers at the expense of users though?

Cactuslockdown · 12/09/2020 07:02

I came looking for a thread on this... pop up videos are super annoying! Please make it go awaySad

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FlissMumsnet · 05/09/2020 21:31

Hi Flyinggeese - do feel free to sign up to Premium if you'd like to and can afford to (we know it's not for everyone.)

All the best
Flowers

Flyinggeese · 05/09/2020 11:48

Branleuse That’s a fair point.

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soniamumsnet · 03/09/2020 10:37

We're sorry that you're finding the video pop-ups to be a pain. We understand that a new style of advert can take a while to get used to, but we have included a close option that will stop the advert from playing.

Obviously, we do need to experiment with the latest formats that are popular with advertisers to generate revenue to support the site but we're going to keep an eye on the responses and obviously we don't want to plough ahead with anything to spoil users' experience of Mumsnet. NB for now at least these are only showing to logged out users - so you can always log in to avoid. Flowers

Branleuse · 03/09/2020 07:09

Hardly expect youre going to get much joy asking for annoying adverts to be removed, when MN have quite clearly said they need funding to stay afloat and you can get a premium ad free version, which is what I did. I use MN quite a lot so its been worth it

LivingOnAPear · 03/09/2020 07:04

It’s very annoying, pops up each time you scroll.

Flyinggeese · 02/09/2020 12:39

I came back to this thread wondering the same @sausagebap.

sausagebap · 31/08/2020 11:05

Hi @LilyMumsnet - any update on this? The pop-up adverts are incredibly annoying.

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LilyMumsnet · 18/08/2020 17:47

@impostersyndrome

Hello *@DawnMumsnet*, I was wondering: is there any update? On the other thread (www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/a3994693-Recipe-video-constantly-appearing?msgid=99249906#99249906) the message seems to be that we're going to have to grin and bear it, and that it might even be a fixture for logged in users.
Hi OP

We don't have any updates at the minute- sorry. We're recording all of the feedback and passing it over to the relevant teams. Flowers

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impostersyndrome · 18/08/2020 08:58

Hello @DawnMumsnet, I was wondering: is there any update? On the other thread (www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/a3994693-Recipe-video-constantly-appearing?msgid=99249906#99249906) the message seems to be that we're going to have to grin and bear it, and that it might even be a fixture for logged in users.

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impostersyndrome · 13/08/2020 19:39

Great. Much appreciated

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DawnMumsnet · 13/08/2020 17:08

@impostersyndrome

Hi Dawn,

I have all sorts of reasons why I prefer not to be permanently logged in, so that wouldn't work for me.

In any case, it seems an unusual way to entice people to join Mumsnet, by annoying them with pop-ups!

That's fine, and completely understandable.

We've let our Ads team know that you (and several others!) are being put off using the site because of these all-singing, all-dancing (all-cooking) pop-up videos. We'll be back with an update as soon as we've heard back from them.

Thanks again for your patience.

pctmmn · 13/08/2020 14:18

The autoplaying videos are super annoying.

Lamby225 · 13/08/2020 13:48

Just to confirm it doesn’t appear when I log in . Thanks for the tip NewtScamandersNiffler - I’m a bit of a technophobe 🙄

NewtScamandersNiffler · 13/08/2020 11:26

No. For those of us who can't always log in (train wifi/unsecured network) this autoplaying cake video is draining the battery at double the rate.

Please remove the autoplay function.

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impostersyndrome · 13/08/2020 10:34

Hi Dawn,

I have all sorts of reasons why I prefer not to be permanently logged in, so that wouldn't work for me.

In any case, it seems an unusual way to entice people to join Mumsnet, by annoying them with pop-ups!

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DawnMumsnet · 13/08/2020 10:00

Morning @impostersyndrome,

Thanks for letting us know. Have just double-checked with our Ads team and they've confirmed that the video advert and video player do not show (or definitely should not show) to logged in users, but will pop up if you're not logged in.

They've been checking to see if there's a bug but haven't found anything at all.

Can you tick the box to keep yourself logged in? That should solve the issue. But again, if you see an ad pop up when you're not logged in, please report back here.

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impostersyndrome · 13/08/2020 09:11

Morning @DawnMumsnet. I just got a Mumsnet video ad on my desktop PC (a different video ad that then popped out, with the microwave cake ad queued up). I wasn't logged in. It disappeared after I logged in.

I didn't screenshot it. Apologies, but I was rushing to work, as it were.

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impostersyndrome · 12/08/2020 14:27

It is maddening. It’s not as though a recipe for microwave baking is going to be anything but niche (I’m battling to be polite here). Why on earth you have to repeatedly close it down, only for it to re-emerge, suggests the programmers haven’t considered the end user at all.

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ParisOnWheels · 12/08/2020 14:14

I installed an adblocker months ago because of this very problem. And now I keep getting pop ups on here asking me to turn it off.

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DawnMumsnet · 10/08/2020 21:30

Thanks for letting us know, @impostersyndrome. I think the Ads team were hoping you were going to say otherwise...

We'll be back with an update as soon as we can, so please bear with us. Smile

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impostersyndrome · 10/08/2020 19:10

Yes, @DawnMumsnet. Logged in.

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