to want to pay a subscription to Mumsnet and thus do without adverts, surveys and Louise Mensch?

[Mintyy]

As per the bbc.

Aibu?

I expect I probably am.

Read the LM thing. You might learn something.

I honestly never notice the adverts- I couldn't tell you what they were for.

NorksAreMessy I completely agree with you.

I didn't appreciate the ad for online gambling which came up after I'd looked or commented on a thread about a compulsive gambler of a DH.

I did think that was entirely inappropriate.

No way would I pay subs, in fact I came here because the last parenting forum I used introduced subs.

Yabu

No I don't want to pay and to suggest a Means tested way is ridiculous.

Although I do agree that I don't want to see Louise Mensch

I don't mind the ads, though they really slow down the page loader, especially the running away from home one (not at the top, but the one that shades in down the side)

You can block adverts with an ad blocker. I do, it's awesome!

I can guarantee that there's nothing Lousie Mensch thinks that could teach me anything.

If you paid you'd still get Louise Mensch, unless you went for thecself- tailorable Platinum option

(taps nose...)

The adverts are fine...

That must be a lovely position to be in Triumph.......you are the envy of many....

Adverts genuinely don't bother me but I fully understand why you don't want to see Louise Mensch's smirking face plastered all over the site, that gave me quite a turn.

MN could maybe do a two tier thing, subscriptions for people who want them? Others who aren't fussed could use the free site with ads etc.

I could happily take the LM-free version however.

dear god the day Louise Mensch can "teach" me something I will take a long walk off a shor cliff.

Haha! I thought it was strange for MN to feature a blogger, photo and all, whose whole point is simply that women should make effort to look nice for their husbands. Like we haven't heard that one before!

Also I think the vibe was that it was strange that the press went overboard repeating the phrase. So.... do it all again months later just incase we've forgotten.

Keep mn free.

Grrr....

I don't like the ads because they're too eye-catching and make it harder to use MN at work .

Neither do I appreciate constantly being greeted with Louise Mensch's mug and half-baked ideas.

I'm too tight to want to pay a subscription though. Couldn't Mumsnet Towers magic it up so that you can click a 'hide ads' button or something?

and just stop putting the Mensch on the site at all

the ads dont bother me and I rarely notice them. I do draw the line at Louise Mensch however. I understand that some people on this site may enjoy what she has to say. Personally I can't stand her brand of politics or her views.

I now ignore all the top threads in Active until I get to the first one that doesn't have a funny little MN thing by it. And I don't look at the top or right hand side of the page at all. The only ad that's wound me up recently was when Karcher had moving ones either side of the page in the entirety of Good HouseKeeping, and after a massive moan in Site Stuff it went away at the end of their booking and hopefully won't come back, as so many people told HQ it was actively putting them off buying Karcher.

Who is Louise menhcs?