Unwanted gransnet videos.

Getting them for the first time this morning. (iPhone)
I now understand why everyone is so irritated! ?
Chestnut I’ve tried to install Adblock and other similar things, to no avail.
(Chestnut ? I’ve just remembered that I need to get in contact with you - sorry! )

Just install AdBlock and you won't get them or any ads. Problem solved.

I have only noticed it this week. It is annoying and I would rather it wasn't coming up

They're extremely annoying and spoiling my GN experience.

I really don't see why we have to have video adverts both in the middle of threads and on the lower righthand side. I will be leaving this site if it continues. Do advertiseres have no idea how annoying it is? Surely this is not there aim 'to really p** everone off.'

You can 'lose' the ad at the bottom right of the screen by clicking the cross in a circle at the top right of it. Of course, it comes back on the next thread you read.

Similarly you can stop the video playing, temporarily, by clicking on the picture (mind you don't click on any of the symbols). It's still there, but is marginally less irritating if there's no movement.

Just logged on. and they are still there. Please GN do something about this, it is most distracting when reading a thread to have these large adverts pop up in the middle. I think it must be even worse for those with certain eyesight problems.

Mine's started this morning. So annoying! Whoever thought this was a good idea should think again. It's going to have the opposite effect to what they want.

mumofmadboys

The ads are putting me off reading Gransnet

Same here really putting me off reading postings

These video's are not what I want to see when reading posts.

If the videos don't stop, I shall. So annoying. I can just about cope with the small one bottom right of my laptop screen, but the ones in the middle of the page in a thread........

The iPad is ok but not the phone so I don’t look at gransnet when I am out and only have the phone with me.

This is what it looks like (a page from GN after I searched for a topic and clicked on the result of the search). It's the first post on a thread I started a while ago.

I have adjusted something on my popup blocker (I use Safari and AdBlock) and the result is that whenever I open a new page a window pops up with the text from the page in it. This has never happened before. I say 'whenever', but it's not - it happens frequently but not every time.

I have been back into AdBlock, but can't see anything different, but it's just happened since I opened it to see if I could tick anything to stop the blessed videos (I can't - they are still there!)

If anyone can deduce what I've done, I'd be grateful if you could let me know, please?

This sounds almost psychedelic! Can't anyone do a screenshot so we can see what you're talking about? ?

No ads on my iPad

The ads are putting me off reading Gransnet

These are really annoying - hope they get removed asap.

BlueBelle

No I haven’t had any ? I m on iPad ?

Me too..

Yes, I'm getting it and tried to report it but couldn't. Really irritating it's on this thread and about children eating.

It's irritating, isn't it? I can switch off the one at the bottom, but why should I have to? The one in the middle is a real pain!

None on my iPad and I don’t use an ad blocker.

the irony is, it is even on this thread

I also get the black screen requesting I turn my tablet around. The turning never works and I lose the first few posts of any thread when this appears. Verrry annoying!