Should there be adverts as you’re scrolling down a post in the relationships section?

[Easipeelerie]

I’ll be reading something a bit harrowing and suddenly see a grinning face or a dress or something entirely irrelevant. I find it a bit jarring and out of keeping with how I’m feeling as I read.
I understand the site needs adverts to keep going, but do they need to be present in the relationships section, bereavement section etc.?

Yes. An argument could be said for any section (parenting, higher education etc and the most emotive seem to be in AIBU?).
Surely we are not all so delicate that we can't ignore or scroll by an ad?

If this genuinely worries you this much then the whole internet is not really for you

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I don’t feel delicate about it, just something that vaguely occurred to me.

It doesn’t worry me in the slightest, just a vague thought.

No. A pain in the neck. Very off putting.

TBF, if there were adverts in some sections but not others, then there are more worthy boards for this, such as "life limiting illnesses".

I think the issue is that posts are just going to gather in the ad-free places.

People already post in AIBU when it's not an AIBU for "traffic" and nothing seems to be strictly enforced to combat this or to keep posts in the most appropriate places. Sometimes Mumsnet will move threads but it tends to be sensitive ones like mental health or where the poster has got completely the wrong board and their thread won't likely be seen by anyone who can help.

A lot of genuine AIBUs could probably go in relationships - they're usually about friends, parents, partners. They'd just rephrase it to "was I wrong to ask this of friend?" If relationships became ad-free, then people would just move their AIBUs there.

I think there's certain boards it definitely does make sense for but I think if you do any of the "big" ones that show up regularly on active then you're just giving people free premium on one part of the site and will push people towards certain boards more than others.