In Text ads - please don't shout at us...

[JustineMumsnet]

Morning Mumsnetters,

We are planning today (12pm is eta) to introduce a new type of advertising format, which will mean that you will notice the odd double underlined green link on some posts on some threads, which if you click on will result in a boxed ad appearing.

As you know we fund MN through advertising but we are very conscious of not spoiling "the Mumsnetting experience" with over-intrusive and annoying ad formats. For that reason we don't allow pop-ups and pop-unders and have strict rules on expandable ads.

We are hopeful that you can live with this format, once you've got used to it at least, and that the links don't make you cross with us (or at least any crosser than our existing advertising banners do). As said, though, this is very much a trial, so please do let us know what you think and we promise to go back to the drawing board if you all absolutely hate them.

Many thanks,
M Towers

Yes, me too Carmenere, the first time I saw them I thought it was the poster who had deliberately linked in some way. Awful.

I came on here to shout, but since you've asked me not to I shan't. But I am Not Happy At All. I hate intellitxt with a passion.

And I can't see how you can run a parenting site where you can't use the words pregnant, pregnancy, reading or child without endorsing some random product (unless, as pp suggested, we go all cod-like and talk about prgnant, prgnancy, raeding or chlid).

Blech. And double blech.

Agree thready, I don't want to advertise Pe rsil

Justine, can't you agree instead that a load of us will accept --enormous backhanders prmotional items and will post about how great they are IF we like them?

Don't like it at all - was just about to complain.

can't you just bung some more right at the top, where there's just one ad?

Sorry but don't like this one either- when the word pregnancy in an antenatal thread gets a pampers highlight it gets so repetitive! And distracting.

It'll be like Russian Roulette. Not knowing if your typing of the word

SHOES!

or

VIAGRA!

or

BANANA!

will magically transmute into some advert which it looks as if you have made.

See,s yucky to me.

hate it already

"I am also uncomfortable with the idea that words I have written are endorsing certain products and companies that I don't like"

And me.

does anyone like it? Or not mind it?

Also potential for some bizarre adverts-

A mum saying she is opposed to disposables and now she is preganant wants to know which brand of washable to go for would find herself advertising pampers

would rather pay a membership fee than have this

You could be faced with typing "god I can't stand that fecking tosser Russell Brand" and finding that you have accidentally linked to his personalised range of stupid trousers, or something.

UD similar point and X posted LOL

lol UD

Hey, what's with the new spelling check underline thing too? That's new isn't it or is that Firefox?

or we could just ignore it.

Now a spellcheck i cam ive without.... I spell wonderfully and am more than aware my typing is shite, thanks!

So what would happen if there were another SWCBN type thing and every time the original kick off thread linked to her it linked to something advertising them? Would that not be doubly dodgy?

its not doign it to me

I think it's switched off cod.
Is it Justine?

is that why the site is taking ages to load (or is it just because it's lunchtime and servers are a bit slower?)

I've been on here all morning (at work) and had none of these so I assume that some of our company security software is stopping them.

It's gone!