Constantly crashing and freezing.

I agree. All we ever get told is to clear the bloody cache, which it just ‘have you tried turning it off and on again?’

I go to other websites which are awash with sodding adds and I don’t get this so what makes MN special?

It's the ads. I have to wait several minutes for each one to load before starting to scroll, or the whole thing crashes. And then it reloads randomly every few minutes and the whole process starts again. I've given up trying to use the site in the browser, as it's unusable. I only use the app now, and that's more rarely. There's going to be no users left to view the ads at this rate. I'm using safari on an iPhone, and I don't intend to start messing about with clearing caches or installing ad blockers just to use mumsnet.

I even had an alert from my phone saying chrome kept crashing and I should consider deleting it. It is only ever on mumsnet.
Android phone.

Chrome on Android phone is continually freezing. Going to give up trying to use this site soon.

On every single page the adverts take ages to load, and nothing else can happen until they do. I’m using an iPad.

This site is close to unusable now MNHQ.

Pop up blocker now working, maybe it's fixed?

😂😂 Nope!

I came to see if there was a thread on this. I was starting to doubt my sanity.
It’s almost unusable on my iPhone. Constant freezing, reloading etc.

Pop up blocker now working, maybe it's fixed?

Happening here too. Constant freezing needing to close and reload, has been happening for weeks. Have cleared cache. It's almost unusable.
Samsung phone and chrome.

I had problems with constant freezing cause by ads several months ago, which seemed to have resolved itself. At the time I found that minimising and then maximising the window would sometimes unstick things.

But now I am finding it's constantly freezing again but this time it seems unrelated to ads and the only think I can do is close the browser and relaunch. So frustrating.

Android phone and chrome.

Same here. It just freezes like it’s waiting for the ads to load. I’ve nearly given up bothering with it now.

Yes same issue, very frustrating.

It’s taken me about 20 minutes just to post on this thread to report the same. It is making the site impossible to use, not enjoyable and very frustrating! Everything freezes, doesn’t load and crashes constantly.

Mine was an issue back in the summer.
Without changing anything, it stated behaving properly.
The last week or 2, it's started again.
I'd suggest it's something that is happening st MNHQ rather than sonething on my phone.

Mumsnet has been freezing for me for the last month. I'd put it down to my phone being old or not having enough memory space, but after updating everything, deleting stuff to make room and clearing various caches it hasn't made a difference. And doesn't happen on other sites.

Then I found this thread.

At present,once it freezes it won't unfreeze without closing and restarting chrome, when it will work okay for a while before doing it again. The ads haven't really been a problem, but if they're overlarge I can't always tell if it's frozen or just can't find where to scroll up.
Android phone, chrome.

Been happening to me since last night. Android phone / Chrome browser.

The irony that this thread freezes whilst trying to read it is not lost on me.

And doing the PPAM thing hasn’t helped here, at all.

Mines still doing it too. I use Chrome though not safari. MN is unusable without an ad blocker, you cannot read a paragraph in peace.

Chrome does recover after being swiped off and relaunched though.

Tried all of that Justine. Still the same but private browsing on my iPad does work.

Except I can’t open the survey because MN freezes anything I try to open!
I have to swipe everything off screen, close MN, shut down my iPad completely and then unlock it and re open safari.
Every. Single. Time.

If you change to private browsing, it’s marginally better for me.

Could we please get an update from the powers that be on this?
it’s worse than ever.
using on Safari on iPad.

Does that for me too. If I don't have MN open no problems at all.

It has been freezing for me too, for the last few weeks. I thought is was an issue with my computer but it doesn't happen when using any other site.

Using desktop, Google Chrome.