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I dont want any sistema boxes

54 replies

Serin · 16/07/2019 16:38

Come on MN do you not see how ridiculous and insensitive your ads are becoming?
"My dog just died", MN "Here try some sistema boxes".
You are ruining this site with your daft ads.

OP posts:
QuestionableMouse · 16/07/2019 16:40

They're based on your browsing history 🤷‍♀️

Serin · 16/07/2019 16:42

Really? I have never browsed Tupperware or anything similair.
It's so annoying, bring back old MN.
Them were t'days.

OP posts:
OddlyDesserted · 16/07/2019 16:44

I'm getting the sistema ad too and I definitely haven't been browsing for them. Very inappropriate on certain threads

Mitebiteatnite · 16/07/2019 16:45

@MNHQ have commented on another thread to say it's a mistake and the ads weren't meant to go live to logged on users apparently. They've sorted it for now.

Hellosunshine30 · 16/07/2019 16:45

I too am getting the sistema ad. Never looked up anything like it

mbosnz · 16/07/2019 16:46

I'm getting a bit fed up with sistema boxes too. . .

Nesssie · 16/07/2019 16:47

I keep getting the stupid Angry Birds Movie ad and if that bird gets its beak stuck in the screen one more blasted time.... Angry Angry Angry

Its also makes it very difficult to secretly be on MN at work when a great big yellow bird flies at the screen..

Yogurtcoveredricecake · 16/07/2019 16:47

I'm also getting sistema and definitely have never searched for that or anything similar! Strange and inappropriate.

cookielove · 16/07/2019 16:48

Even this thread has a post about sistema bloody boxes 😂

Nesssie · 16/07/2019 16:49

I mean come on!

I dont want any sistema boxes
RubaiyatOfAnyone · 16/07/2019 16:50

@QuestionableMouse normally that would be correct for auto-generated ads at the side, but these are specific MNHQ posts within the thread.

DGRossetti · 16/07/2019 16:52

And people wonder why ad-blockers are a thing ....

QuiteChic · 16/07/2019 16:52

I’m getting $250 Walmart card. I’m in Hampshire, England.

PawPawNoodle · 16/07/2019 16:53

The mumsnet shopbot (kill me now) on the bottom of your OP is suggesting I buy a baby grobag. I think MN are suggesting you are a baby and that is very rude indeed.

northerngirl2012 · 16/07/2019 16:53

I get ads at the top middle & bottom it’s becoming as ad like as the daily mail

iMatter · 16/07/2019 16:54

I've stopped MNing on my laptop.

I'm SICK TO DEATH OF THE FUCKING ANGRY BIRDS AD!

And breathe.

VivienneHolt · 16/07/2019 16:55

I’m also getting systema and haven’t searched for them or anything like them. The ads are looking incredibly insensitive on some threads, it really leaves a bad taste! I would rethink this one @MNHQ...

RiftGibbon · 16/07/2019 17:03

I don't know what it was for but I kept seeing an ad earlier that was flashing - font & colours. Could've triggered a migraine or eplieptic fit, so bad call on that one.

DGRossetti · 16/07/2019 17:03

I've stopped MNing on my laptop.

Linux + Firefox + AdBlockPlus + NoScript + PrivacyBadger + DNS over HTTPS piHole local DNS server tends to keep things fairly clean.

wobytide · 16/07/2019 17:12

Linux + Firefox + AdBlockPlus + NoScript + PrivacyBadger + DNS over HTTPS piHole local DNS server tends to keep things fairly clean.

I'm surprised that EVERYONE isn't already doing that....I mean come on people who doesn't have a local DNS server in this day in age...pfft

DishingOutDone · 16/07/2019 17:12

I am glad it wasn't just me that saw that. I was on the thread about babies getting infections from coldsores and it comes up hey a Sistema box might help with that?!

Only if it was big enough to put the baby in and shut the lid but I don't think you're allowed to do that, although its been a while for me so maybe ...

HeadintheiClouds · 16/07/2019 17:13

God, really? Targeted ads?? Not cool.

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 16/07/2019 17:13

I have adblock. Doesn't stop the Sistema boxes though.

HoneysuckIejasmine · 16/07/2019 17:15

Oh, I don't know. It really adds to this thread about a murder of a young woman. Hmm

I dont want any sistema boxes
HoneysuckIejasmine · 16/07/2019 17:16

And the attachment didn't load. Hmm