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Huge adverts making site unusable

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Zingy123 · 19/10/2024 19:17

I am being plagued by a Taylor Wimpey advert. It takes up the whole page and makes it impossible to scroll. Please get it removed or made smaller.

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Sivercat · 06/11/2024 17:19

I bloody hate the ‘Boots one’ it fills the whole screen so very difficult to swipe up or down.

AgentProvocateur · 06/11/2024 16:07

This one takes up the whole screen

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lasagnelle · 06/11/2024 16:04

RainbowZebraWarrior · 06/11/2024 15:18

Me too. Can't scroll past it unless you pre empty it and go for a super swipe. Annoying and also repeated three times on each page. I'm having to press the back button to escape any threads I'm reading and I'm missing content.

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What's a superswipe? It's very annoying.

RainbowZebraWarrior · 06/11/2024 15:18

lasagnelle · 06/11/2024 12:26

I've got a red Boots one. Makes each thread it comes up on unusable

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Me too. Can't scroll past it unless you pre empty it and go for a super swipe. Annoying and also repeated three times on each page. I'm having to press the back button to escape any threads I'm reading and I'm missing content.

Sluj · 06/11/2024 12:35

I've had a variety this morning but just got stuck on a Clairol one - Chrome browser on Samsung phone. I have to close mumsnet and go back in as it just freezes the screen

lasagnelle · 06/11/2024 12:26

shoofly · 06/11/2024 11:00

Ginormous blue Boots ad filling the whole screen, have to come out of the thread to get away from it. Using Chrome browser on Samsung phone. Still it'll make me get off mumsnet and clean....

I've got a red Boots one. Makes each thread it comes up on unusable

shoofly · 06/11/2024 11:00

Ginormous blue Boots ad filling the whole screen, have to come out of the thread to get away from it. Using Chrome browser on Samsung phone. Still it'll make me get off mumsnet and clean....

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HebeMumsnet · 04/11/2024 10:27

Thanks, everyone. We're working to get these ads blocked again. Thanks for sharing the information about where you are spotting them. It's always helpful.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 03/11/2024 13:12

Same here - it's infested with the KitchenAid adverts again Hmm

GurlWithACurl · 03/11/2024 13:06

Just happened again on “Leaving a suicidal person” in Relationsips at 13.04.

GurlWithACurl · 02/11/2024 21:11

Has just happened again to me. On Advanced Search this time!

newtlover · 02/11/2024 18:22

its just happened again, I was on the ''2 genders thread on FWR
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JoMumsnet · 01/11/2024 12:06

Just a further update to say that these ads should all be blocked by now, but please let us know if any new ones crop up.

Thanks again for your patience.

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JoMumsnet · 01/11/2024 11:03

Thanks for letting us know, @TinyTear. We've replied on the other thread about these ads and we're trying to implement a permanent block. In the meantime, sorry for the disruption they've been causing.

TinyTear · 31/10/2024 15:28

Happened again today - for me was on the thread about the farmer's daughter and the budget

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JoMumsnet · 28/10/2024 11:55

Thanks for letting us know that this ad is cropping up again. We're sorry for the disruption it's causing and we're on the case.

Iudncuewbccgrcb · 28/10/2024 10:33

I've got a really poor Internet connection and it's making the site virtually unusable for me now other than when I'm using my phone. Have to wait about 3 minutes for each page to load if I'm using my ipad and it drains the battery really quickly.

GurlWithACurl · 28/10/2024 10:16

It’s still happening! Just a few seconds ago as I opened this thread. Also twice more this morning alone.

GurlWithACurl · 24/10/2024 21:37

It stopped for a few days, but has started up again tonight, in fact a couple of minutes ago on the £20,000 to a mistress thread.

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Zingy123 · 21/10/2024 18:47

I'm using Chrome on my Android phone by the way.

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Zingy123 · 21/10/2024 18:46

I'm getting it throughout the site. It's making it impossible to use the site.

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MayaKovskaya · 21/10/2024 11:48

I'm being plagued by some awful biscuit ad that fills the whole screen and takes ages to delete. It seems to reload several times and freezes the site.

TinyTear · 21/10/2024 11:47

HebeMumsnet · 20/10/2024 21:17

Evening, everyone. We'll look into this asap. In the meantime, if anyone can send us a link to the ad itself or tell us where they were on the site when it appeared, that would be brilliant. Thank you.

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HebeMumsnet · 20/10/2024 21:17

Evening, everyone. We'll look into this asap. In the meantime, if anyone can send us a link to the ad itself or tell us where they were on the site when it appeared, that would be brilliant. Thank you.

Melancholyflower · 20/10/2024 18:57

Me too - I thought I had accidently clicked on an ad while scrolling, until it kept happening. Using Chrome on a laptop.