MASSIVE ADS halfway down the thread page

[SinisterBumFacedCat]

I don’t know if this is a new thing, i’m sure it’s been done before and wasn’t popular. There are massive ads halfway down the page of threads, it’s very disruptive to the flow and also makes me think it’s the end of the thread. On one thread there was a ad placed straight after the OPs first post, making it appear that there are no other posts on the thread. I am logged in.

Vanished from my post too, what's going on MNHQ?

My ads are appearing under the first post too, it's so annoying and I keep thinking I've reached the end of the thread

Annoying. Please get rid of them.

So now screenshots are disappearing

I think I have had enough of this site now

To be honest although it is annoying, Mumsnet is not a charity and has to make money somehow. I’d rather scroll past the odd ad than have to pay a subscription...

I keep getting ads after the first post. It makes you think theres no responses its horrible.

It took me a while to realise there were responses under the ads

I’m getting used to it now

I understand the site needs to run financially

I'd rather pay a subscription than have the odds tbh.

I font even remember there being ads before. This new way is horrendous!

I can see this too, makes it look like there's only the OPs comment on the entire thread, but then I realised I could press X in the corner of the ad and it disappears

This was implemented and removed just over a month ago. Why on earth has it been brought back? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/3573016-Giant-jumpy-ads-in-the-middle-of-threads

Testing...

To be honest although it is annoying, Mumsnet is not a charity and has to make money somehow.

Didn't they make like 2million in profit last year (or the year before, I forget). Let's not pretend this is about "keeping the lights on" like they so often like to imply.

Absolutely dreadful

I keep getting ads after the first post on every page, and I'm logged in. (Chrome on Android). Could @MNHQ confirm whether or not I should be seeing them? If I shouldn't, I'll be reinstalling an ad blocker.

Agreed, it’s so hard to see whether threads are finished or not.

Hate ads. Never used an ad blocker on my mobile; are they any good?

Also hating the ads in the middle of threads. Left loads of threads today thinking no one had replied before I realised the ad after the first post was in the way

I just thought there was an issue with the site as all the threads I clicked on in active looked like they didn’t have any replies!
But no, it was just the huge adverts that herd to only be at the bottom of the page. Not a fan! And definitely don’t look at them they’re so annoying!

See I’m not alone. But it made me stop reading loads of threads and go off the page/site which is surely not the desired outcome?

Not at all suspicious that all of the screenshots are dissappearing

I hate this, so many threads today I've thought there are no replies. it's awful. makes me not want to use mumsnet. if much rather them be half way down a thread.

I can't even read the first post!

I've galloped through data the last couple of months because of these moving ads; I'm sick of it, quite frankly.

And these ads in threads? Awful. Talk about ruining the whole damn thing.

So all the screenshots of the problem have now vanished? This is just bizarre. What's happening,
@JanineMumsnet ? @MNHQ ?

Absolutely awful UX to have ads after first post and be running moving ones on a mobile site. Surely there is a balance between making money and not ruining your baseline product? And if your advertising is going to be so intrusive then you need a premium subscription offer that will offer an ad free experience or you’ll end up losing users completely or your site will be unusable without ad blocker. Neither of which are commercially good options for you.