Banner advert in the app

Why has nothing been done about this

Showing on this thread, this morning.

Ps this is an example of what you get viewing the site on a mobile (non app). Yep thirds advertising chuff; one third content.

That Kier Starmer advert - my god!

Just come back to check in this thread. I’ve gone from an hour plus on the mumsnet app per day (!!) to almost zero now that I’ve uninstalled it. For me it is less about the content of the ads themselves (important though they are) and more about the basic unusability of the app (& the website when viewed via a mobile) as this is the only way I view mumsnet. For all the reasons outlined in this thread it’s really poor. It’s even driven me back to Facebook because it has a support group for a condition my husband has - that has its own problems but far better in terms of ad location and usability.

As others have said, very unimpressed with (the lack of) HQ response.

Just back to confirm the Monopoly ads are still merrily scrolling away on the app for me.

@HebeMumsnet & co you (meaning MNHQ) are a disgrace. Completely unprofessional, running a business really poorly, one which generates profits & fonds salaries, with users and their experiences as core content, and yet you are entirely disinterested in their experience and even in being respectful or open about the current challenges.

It's strange isn't it? Gambling ads are one thing but an ad all over the site for a whole day now, showing a politician photoshopped to look like he's had the shit kicked out of him... surely that's next level stuff and would be a priority to deal with?

I just don't understand this at all

I've been here for a very long time, quiet in the background but here. For all the things that happen I have never come across HQ being so silent and so uninterested. To the contrary I often think things are deleted or dealt with far too quickly without need.

The replies make no sense. The response makes no sense. Timescale wise.

I just don't get the rationale here.

Gambling ad is still there...

I'm another one with these bruised Starmer ads. Very off putting. I've reported them via the ad settings as inappropriate but there's no option to report them as obviously scammy!

I'm not sure if this is linked to these awful adverts, but I'm having real problems again today with Mumsnet draining my phone battery.

I'm hardly using Mumsnet at the moment due to the issue of the adverts on the app. But I have just used it for 10 mins today (just to try to check in with a particularly supportive thread) and my battery has gone from 95% to 55% in 10 minutes!

@lemsipper

These adverts are everywhere. And as @lemsipper said on their thread domestic violence support?

And since I accidentally clicked it as I scrolled, for @mnhq here is the dodgy looking link it takes you to:

https://investmentinthegb.com/products/zapatitos-b024?publisherid=qulUSYWWxJOFAEIkRTzsUid&adsetname=%7B%7Badset.name%7D%7D

I've got the Keir one too. Weirdly it's only shown in this thread so far.

I'm getting battered Jeremy Clarkson or Keir Starmer every few seconds. What is going on?!

I've just come on here to complain about the Jeremy Clarkson and the Keir Starmer fake bruises ones. They are EVERYWHERE.

Come on, MNHQ, digitum extractum. These ads put me off using the site, it looks like a bargain-basement click-bait nightmare.

I've had a similar one (which I've realised I've been seeing for a few days) with Jeremy Clarkson as the "victim".

It's now on every thread I go on. And because I know you'd ask me to click on the link, it's to a fake BBC news article that links to a fake investment scheme. So really needs to be addressed. It's all over the app today, every thread I go on.

Came here to say WTF at these ads.

RESPOND @MNHQ

On multiple threads in fact.

I'm getting that one today too...

Is this really the sort of advertising that MN wants to be associated with?

And no, I'm not going to click through to see what it is about

I thought about doing exactly the same but instead I've just stopped using mn on my phone and just do so on my tablet.

@HebeMumsnet
Please could you also address the following concerns which were raised from the outset and have been ignored in the scant updates:

Usability / accessibility concerns arising from:
1: reduced screen space available for text
2: constantly moving images on the screen

No one begrudges mn having ads, but being done in this way in really poor. The previous update saying it's how all social apps do this was just incorrect. Those of us who use the app for its simplicity, on the other hand accept vastly reduced functionality, it's always been a trade off, but these new ads are a step too far.

Gambling ads in the ad space compounded the issues, but was not the only issue.

Please could you show some respect towards us and properly address these points rather than just ignore them.

I also think it's pretty disingenuous to thank us for our patience when we've been asking for updates for weeks and you've all outright ignored us. I've been tempted to start a thread on AIBU 'AIBU to think that Mumsnet is disgusting to take money for promoting gambling including on addition support boards', but I'm sure it would be taken down as a TAAT. Might be interesting to compare the speed of that to the speed of responses here actually.

Still seeing the exact same gambling app advert as has been posted here multiple times - this screenshot is from this morning, on the Mumsnet app.

Thanks for the update Hebe. I haven't seen a gambling ad recently, mine is almost always the static mumsnet ad.

However we are all still awaiting a response about the position of the ad at top of the screen. I won't outline it all again, as it's been explained repeatedly in this thread why this is an accessibility issue.

Can you please update on this @HebeMumsnet thanks.