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mumsnet keeps freezing

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IwantToRetire · 15/03/2026 19:11

Is anyone else having this problem.

For the past 3 days when I go to mumsnet and for instance start by looking at notifications, everything is fine.

Then when I see that a thread has quite few new posts so i think I will go and have a look, links are not longer clickable, and then I get a message saying web site is slowing down my browser.

This is not happening on any other web site I visit.

Is anyone else having this problem.

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Amyrallis · 27/03/2026 21:24

Today it has been very bad for me, I only stay on MN for short bursts. Also today for the first time I got a pop up telling me to turn adblocker off, it already was. So I turned it back on and the site worked for another short while. Next time I tried it recognised adblocker was on so told me to turn it off. Using Firefox on a laptop.

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IwantToRetire · 27/03/2026 20:30

It is still this URL.

Have just waited and waited to start a new thread, and happened to look down and saw at the bottom on the screen loading ... amazon-adsystem.com

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IwantToRetire · 27/03/2026 17:56

The url is something like -eu-adsystem.amazon. But not saying it is.

" ... a website using eu.amazon-adsystem.com can absolutely be slowed down by it. Ad scripts like those from Amazon are typically heavy, requiring additional HTTP requests, JavaScript execution, and server lookups, which can increase page-weight and delay the rendering of content, particularly if the scripts are not optimized or if network congestion occurs. ... "

Disclaimer! I am not saying it is this ... but really dont understand how this keeps on happening.

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IwantToRetire · 27/03/2026 17:50

I dont have an ad blocker either.(*)

I cant understand why this fact be fixed. If this mean undoing updates until it stops happening so as to identify the likely source this is what should happen.

(*) Although come to think about it I think I did block a web address during the time ads were covering the whole page or hijacking you to another web site. And I think it is the company that supples the "feed" of ads to appear on web site pages when they are viewed.

If it is them and MN is still using them when they have already created problems seems mad that they have continued their contract with them.

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ParmaVioletTea · 27/03/2026 12:18

I don't run an ad blocker, but MN is now pretty much impossible to read on my phone, via a Chrome web browser. Doesn't happen with other websites.

SlimShandy · 27/03/2026 11:58

Same is happening to me on chromebook - I'll get some way down the comments, and then the rest of the page is blank and it says 'unresponsive', do I want to wait or exit page. Neither option does anything. It's infuriating - I have to day off and just wanted to slob around a bit and fanny about on Mumsnet for an hour or so, but I guess I'll have to do something useful instead.

Imdunfer · 27/03/2026 07:29

unsync · 27/03/2026 05:39

Mine does this and it is the ad blocker causing it. I get a notice saying ad are blocked when they aren't, then it slows down, stops responding and crashes. I use Firefox. It doesn't happen anywhere else.

I don't have an ad blocker on and mine is doing it.

Recklessismymiddlename · 27/03/2026 06:37

I’m sure traffic must have fallen as it’s so difficult to get on Mn and post.

unsync · 27/03/2026 05:39

Mine does this and it is the ad blocker causing it. I get a notice saying ad are blocked when they aren't, then it slows down, stops responding and crashes. I use Firefox. It doesn't happen anywhere else.

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IwantToRetire · 27/03/2026 01:58

Today (or rather yesterday 26/3) has been really bad.

Freezing over and over again. Have to go to new tab, and it takes ages to close the tab where MN is freezing.

Have no realised that if at the point of freezing I happen to be clicking on one of the notification links, it thinks I have got to whatever comments have been made on a thread. But I haven't. So when I can get to the notification list I in fact then miss or have no idea that there were new notifications.

This makes naivigating and keeping up with threads really frustrating.

NB This does NOT happen on any other web site I visit.

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Recklessismymiddlename · 24/03/2026 22:17

Yes I know it’s bad form but can anyone recommend a similar site for someone (me) in their 60’s with adult children, where I can be anonymous. I have found MN to be so helpful over the years but currently really struggling with getting on here. I can’t do Reddit as confuses me. I don’t have Facebook or instagram or twitter. I’m such a technophobe as well.

PurpleLovecats · 24/03/2026 22:16

I’m giving up on it. It’s absolutely shite.

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 24/03/2026 21:46

I find it is SO slow to load this site! I click on it, wait, wait some more, make a cup of tea, open and browse a whole range of other sites, come back, watch this site creaking open…Really putting me off using it - I’m on here so much less than I used to be.

It’s the only site I visit which doesn’t load pretty much instantly.

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IwantToRetire · 23/03/2026 20:17

Still bad today. And the other thing is that I cant "escape" from mumsnet.

I have to open a new tab and then close the tab where mumsnet is in spin or whatever is going on.

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MagpiePi · 23/03/2026 09:19

I use the DuckDuckGo browser which automatically blocks all the adverts

MagpiePi · 23/03/2026 09:18

IwantToRetire · 15/03/2026 19:43

Is posting on Site Stuff the same as reporting, or is there a reporting process?

I think 3 days is quite a long time, but then if not reported they wont know.

I reported a problem at the beginning of February where every thread that I’ve bookmarked opens right at the bottom of the page, not at the bookmarked post, and it jumps to the bottom if I post.
It is still happening despite getting a response from site staff saying it would be looked at.

Imdunfer · 23/03/2026 09:18

This site eats my limited data allowance (2gb a week) on my phone so badly that I can't use it. I don't have that problem with any other site, including another forum.

I use a tablet with Chrome and it freezes repeatedly when trying to load an advert that takes up a whole screen. I shut the tab and open a new one. It's infuriating.

chewcheweewww · 23/03/2026 09:12

It's their advertising. It's been going on for absolutely ages and they're not interested in doing anything about it because it makes money.

SueBlime · 23/03/2026 09:00

It just happened for me on the Judith and Philip thread but I have, eventually, managed to read all the OPs posts, so I can now get off the freezer that is MN and go about my day.

AgathaX · 23/03/2026 08:24

Yes, I've been having the same issue for months now. Firefox. Very frustrating, I rarely read it on my laptop now as it just freezes everything.

Recklessismymiddlename · 23/03/2026 08:18

Couldn’t even get on my iPad earlier this morning. Do you want to lose everyone @KellyMumsnet ?

Londonnight · 23/03/2026 07:55

Still happening! Getting very annoying now as MN is totally unusable and this isn't being dealt with.

Recklessismymiddlename · 22/03/2026 08:29

Yes, same for me. So glitchy.

GiveUsAChip · 22/03/2026 08:10

YES! same here for the past 2 days.

After posting, I can't navigate to another page of the site.

I have the option of 'wait' or 'close page' and they are freezing as well when I choose!

Recklessismymiddlename · 22/03/2026 07:53

It’s far worse on my phone than my iPad. But it’s still not great.