Constant intrusive videos

When I was going through only the ops posts by using next the video popped up everytime.

Still coming here on chrome browser, android phone. I click skip and, and it just comes back after about 10 secs. Any update on how you can solve this @BeckyAMumsnet?

It's very triggering for migraines.

Money talks.

They are listening. They just don’t care.

They’ve stepped up their pace and effect.
They’re constantly popping up one after the other. On some threads they’re popping up and I can’t scroll down the thread at all, it’s not frozen but won’t move more than an inch then drags back to the point where the advert popped up.

I’m so fed up of this. I use MN to destress after stressful days, and I’m going to have to step away now.

Now I'm getting them popping up again as soon as they are closed, so annoying and distracting. I have no idea what the ads are as I don't look at them so it's pointless advertising

Just to say, i did email MNHQ with my video of the video popping up every 2-3 mins despite being closed via the X.

They just said thanks and they'd continue to respond on the thread.

waits

@BeckyAMumsnet can you confirm that this is how the adverts should work? I have been reading MN on my tablet this afternoon and this flashing advert (screenshot attached) has randomly popped up several times. It covers the whole screen and the only way I can find to get rid of it is using the browser back arrow, which takes me out of the thread and back to whatever my previous screen was. There doesn't seem to be any way of cancelling the fecking annoying advert other than this.

Samsung tablet, desktop site via chrome browser...

Mumsnet with all the ads now is like trying to quietly read or have a decent conversation whilst sitting right next to a lewd, annoying and flashing arcade game.

I’ve tried recording the screen but I can’t quite get it! It disappears then returns. Sometimes 4/5 times in succession on the same page!

Also I’m constantly clicking between pages on mn so the ad is designed to pop up every time you go to a different page?

Same here. I’m on an iPhone and between the video up the top that seems to be immune to me pressing the x to shut it and the huge Tesco add in the middle that as I scroll down I inadvertently end up pressing on and keep being diverted to my Tesco app, I could scream! My whole page is 70% adds it feel with a bit of Mumsnet posts in between.

They definitely repeat more than once. I also find it hard work then the banner ad at the top is a video one anyway and then another pops up over it.

If you have sensory issues, this is very off-putting.

I don't think anyone is listening to us here.

I've closed the video ad 3 times so far while reading updates to this thread. It's definitely not stopping!

Make that 4!

I’d already been hiding items as they appeared but then as I scrolled and the advert between the posts appeared, then the drop down video completely covered most of what was left of the screen I gave up!

@BTECBetty @BeckyAMumsnet The large flashing and explicit Ann Summers side ad is back now on a thread about baby bereavement. How inappropriate, insensitive and tacky is that. We were told that those ads were gone, but they are not and are still appearing in the worst places.

so this is with 3 items hidden?

the "hide" thing isn't working for me anymore. I think some websites are designed to stop it.

I don’t think the balance has been struck…

i dont have a 'screen recording' but i did just film while scrolling on this page.

video pops in at 10:40, i closed it immediately. It came back again at 10:42, closed it, stopped the video. Came in again at 10:45 and 10:47.

It doesn't matter if i physically close it via the x, or let it run and it closes itself, it comes back every 2 minutes.

Just scrolling through this last page with 11 posts on it 4 adverts have dropped down.

I’m fine with the adverts that don’t move. All the adverts that flash and move make me feel weird and sick. I don’t want to leave MN because it’s a bit of a lifeline, but I honestly feel at this point that the user experience is getting worse and worse. It used to be so much better!

they definitely don't stay away, close them, scroll a bit, they come back (on laptop, using Microsoft Edge)

Why are they so determined to find ways to make this site more shite?

Came for racism, stayed for the moving intrusive adverts

said no-one, ever

MN pages can run very slowly at the best of times. Adding a video to the list of what has to be loaded just makes it even worse. I wish you would concentrate on fixing the basic loading problem which has been around for years.

I take that back!

No it hasn't!

But if I 'skip ad' or X it, that doesn't work because although that one goes, another one pops up.

They keep coming back, click it to go away and it drops down again.
Very disappointing response from MN.
Why are they so determined to find ways to make this site more shite?
I really can't be bothered to spend much time on mn now