An ad-free (and fast loading) site for a subscription? Would you?

[Laska5772]

No ads, no skimlinks just MN like it used to be..

Yes, I realise it all costs and that MN need to get revenue in so adverts are a way of doing this , but im pretty sure thats why its all so ruddy slow

So would you consider paying asubscription?

I would .

How about it MN?

I've just noticed that I have no ads on this Amazon fire. That's because they are below the page so I never scroll that far. I'm not getting the freezing problem, makes a change.

IME, any more than a token subscription tends to kill off online communities.

No for several reasons.
Main one being I just don't understand why MN is so slow when as others have pointed out, there are plenty of other sites out there that run fine with ads and have even more users than this one.
I use several different devices but MN is problematic on all of them. I spend a lot of time online - I don't have problems with any other sites like I do with MN.

Also the site is evolving and this last couple of years or so it's just not somewhere that fits me as well as it used to.
I visit far less often than I did even two years ago so I'm not going to pay for it.

I would approve of a system where the same content and functionality was available to everyone, but paying would allow you to see it without ads.

The ad-containing version does need to WORK for the majority of users on the most popular devices and browsers.

I actually don't find MN particularly slow, but I mainly MN from a PC (on Chrome) on my home internet.

No. I'd not pay.

I've been on forums for years and this is always suggested but it just doesn't work. You will massively struggle for new members (why would they sign up? They don't even know what it's like) and it would be the death of the forums.

Yes I would. My DH is on a football forum that charges a small subscription. He says it's fantastic as it keeps the trolls out and keeps the conversation sensible as only people interested enough to pay the subscription join.

MN is a business. We all clearly love using it. So why shouldn't we pay?

Clearly the description would have to be very clear - as people on this thread are discussing a range of different models without necessarily acknowledging which model they are talking about or realising that other people are thinking of a different one.

Is MN in serious financial difficulty or is this just a proposal to increase revenue?

I would not pay to use MN, I like the wide variety of poster and opinions and I don't use an adblocker because I think it's a pretty arsey thing to do. I understand why others do it if it is the only way to make the site usable on their devices though.

There are so many sponsored threads, ads and MN products from the non exclusive copyright they hold on all posts that I would be surprised if they need to do this to balance the books.

Hi Everyone,
We have a thread in Site Stuff on this very subject with a post from Justine.

It should answer a few of your questions.
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/a2845367-Skimlinks-on-Talk?msgid=67322853#67322853
Thanks

I would

I would not pay. I only use the mobile site (not the app) on an Android phone and I barely even notice the adverts.