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Overkill for homeschooling ads

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WhoaaaBodyform · 01/10/2025 12:55

Do we really need this many ads for the same thing that’s irrelevant to a lot of us anyway?

promoting homeschooling like this on a website like Mumsnet seems quite irresponsible to me but that’s another issue.

can you remove them please? I don’t care about there being ads but this many of the same thing is nothing short of ridiculous. I understand that as a “freeloader”, as Justine delightfully branded those of us who won’t pay for Premium, I have to basically deal with whatever you throw at me, but I am not ever going to purchase something from this app so you might as well at least target me with better ones…!!

Overkill for homeschooling ads
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Latenightreader · 02/10/2025 13:44

EveryKneeShallBow · 02/10/2025 13:34

All advertisements are annoying and I honestly don’t understand why anyone would click on any of them.

Like the OP I am NEVER, not ever, never going to buy from an advert on here, and I would have thought most people would be the same. But it must work because it’s a huge industry.

It doesn’t bother me what they’re promoting because I don’t look at them. Just like YouTube and indeed tv. I mute, skip and scroll past utterly oblivious.

I agree - I clicked (for the first time) because it was posed as a question and I thought there would be some sort of discussion involved (with someone selling something as part of it) and I thought the topic would be interesting. Never clicking on anything matked ad on here again.

EveryKneeShallBow · 02/10/2025 13:34

All advertisements are annoying and I honestly don’t understand why anyone would click on any of them.

Like the OP I am NEVER, not ever, never going to buy from an advert on here, and I would have thought most people would be the same. But it must work because it’s a huge industry.

It doesn’t bother me what they’re promoting because I don’t look at them. Just like YouTube and indeed tv. I mute, skip and scroll past utterly oblivious.

EerieDecorations · 02/10/2025 13:27

I'm tired of the back to school ones now, it's nearly half term.

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WhoaaaBodyform · 02/10/2025 13:20

Harveere · 01/10/2025 17:06

Er, excuse me? There are home educators on here. Sorry you don't agree with it (irresponsible 🙄) but your prejudice can't wish us out of existence. Most ads will be irrelevant to a lot of people, I don't think that's grounds for objecting to it. You just don't like home educators.

Oh, grow up.

Or, as I believe they say round these parts: ODFOD.

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FlexiSadie · 01/10/2025 17:31

I'm sick of the Back to School shopping ones. They've been back ages!

Latenightreader · 01/10/2025 17:09

What I find annoying is how they appear to pose a question but when you click on the link it takes you to something completely different. Something like "why haven't you considered homeschooling?" which actually leads to something selling resources/services.

Harveere · 01/10/2025 17:06

Er, excuse me? There are home educators on here. Sorry you don't agree with it (irresponsible 🙄) but your prejudice can't wish us out of existence. Most ads will be irrelevant to a lot of people, I don't think that's grounds for objecting to it. You just don't like home educators.

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