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Angry birds on Aibu

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JustineMumsnet · 10/05/2016 09:30

In advance of the release of The Angry Birds Movie we thought it would be fun to let Angry Birds loose over the topic for the next four days. We very much hope you enjoy them but if you don't, not to worry; they'll be fluttering off in a few days.

Share your best Angry Bird moment for a chance to win £300 here

Read the feedback from the preview film screening here

(Usual Talk Guidelines still apply Wink)

JustineMumsnet · 10/05/2016 09:57

@inlovewithhubby

Ugh, shameless advertising MNHQ?

Yes we do need advertising to fund the site, as it's free to use but not free to run. We try to do it in an imaginative way though and obviously there are lots of brands we won't work with and formats we turn down...

JustineMumsnet · 10/05/2016 12:53

@WellErrr

obviously there are lots of brands we won't work with and formats we turn down...

Oooh who? Grin

Well, the current list, which is always a work in progress, as agreed in consultation with Mumsnetters or just because we at HQ don't think the advertiser fits with Mumsnet's purpose - i.e. to make parents' lives easier- is as follows:

Nestle and any brands in which they hold majority ownership.

Formula milk - not because we are anti formula feeding per se but because the whole concept of follow-on milk was invented to avoid govn. ban on advertising formula milk

Exclusively bottle feeding products

Weaning foods for under 6 months

Payday loans - eg wonga

Dodgy weight loss products - eg diet pills - and pharmaceuticals

Spammy things - like PPI or accident or injury lawyers

Cosmetic surgery

Gender specific advertising - we recently vetoed a campaign to market a dinosaur toy just at mums of boys.

Sea world

Thomas Cook

We would be wary of advertising featuring pre-pubescent looking models - eg American Apparel or Beach Body ready type advertising.

We are also very selective about Sex Toys (IYSWIM) - if the site objectifies women we would reject

The Baby Show - (organisers also promote an Arms show)

JustineMumsnet · 10/05/2016 12:54

@AdrenalineFudge

Angry Bird I quite like it. The newer emojis are a lot sleeker in appearance than the older ones. Perhaps the older smileys could be earmarked for a bit of refining treatment Justine?

I think we'd have to canvass quite widely before messing with the emoticons, Adrenaline [understatement]

JustineMumsnet · 10/05/2016 14:20

@SoupDragon

What did Thomas Cook do wrong? I can't remember!

Thomas Cook explanation here. Although to be fair they have since apologised and promised to learn/change so we should probably consider removing them from our list.

JustineMumsnet · 10/05/2016 14:49

@WellErrr

Justine thank you for that response - very interesting! And laudable. Sorry for my snidey comment earlier.

I think the absence of advertisements for pretty much all of those products is a large (yet subliminal) part of why I use mumsnet.

Thank you for your moral and responsible stance! impossible to say in non patronising way, sorry!

Thank you, you've made my day and not been the least bit patronising Smile.

JustineMumsnet · 10/05/2016 15:56

@HirplesWithHaggis

I may be the only person affected, but if I click on an AIBU thread it opens initially, then the whole thread turns into plain blue, with an Angry Bird in the middle, and I can't read the thread. Sad

I'm using Safari on an iPad, if that makes a difference.

Oh dear - sorry Hirples - that's not good. Will ask tech team to look at it.

ShamTech · 11/05/2016 09:23

FruStefanOla thanks for the screenshots. It really helps. We can see that you're on an older version of iOS so we're going to try and find an older iPad and replicate the issue so we can fix it.

ShamTech · 11/05/2016 18:05

FruStefanOla you are welcome. I'm glad it's working now and apologies for messing it up in the first place.

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