Very annoying pop up videos

These are really old ones!

I think these videos/ ads have been in the pipeline from the beginning (October?)
They just made the MN ones first as they will be more lucrative

I think many reported it to GNHQ *Callistemon” and I reported it to Mumsnet saying how irrelevant the adverts were to us Grans.
Hopeful actio has been taken 🙏

By golly!

Baby David and the breastfeeding guru have gone (thank goodness) to be replaced by Gransnetters having makeovers.
I know at least one is still posting, so hello, it's lovely to see you again 😃 👋

Ooh, is this the scone recipe now?

The pop-up videos haven't disappeared but perhaps they're more relevant to us now.

I’m lucky I think as I seem to have the facility to entirely ignore ads.

They simply make no difference.

Have them o; both my iPad and iPhone, also on my regular pc. It seems that the6 are unavoidable.
The ads are inevitable, but pop up all the time, blocking the item being read?
Please do something about them, or at least mak3 them relevant - and not stairlifts or incontinence pads either…

Please Please get rid of these ads. Totally spoils the whole experience of GN for me and everyone else

Half 3 in the morning and some woman with a mouth full of teeth is telling me about morning sickness. I ask you ?!!!

Download the free AdGuard app from Apple play store on your iPad as that will get rid of the annoying adverts on here .

The same videos are showing on Mumsnet, also with no sound. Just checked.

I'm getting a really annoying video of meal preparation. It doesn't even go away when I click on the cross. So irritating. Please do something Gransnet.

These ads are all pointless. There’s no sound and I wouldn’t watch them even if there was.
It’s so annoying. Fed up with the mug cake the breastfeeding midwife etc. Should these ads be on mumsnet?

I’m incensed by this. I do not want to see videos about breastfeeding, naming your baby, pregnancy ailments etc aimed at people with a questionable IQ’s If this is what I’m going to see now I’m leaving GN.

FannyCornforth

Patsy70

I find them very annoying too. Hopefully, GNHQ will take our views into consideration? Although, of course, they’ll be making money from them!

How can they create revenue? They aren’t advertising anything

Thank youFanny point taken.

I find the responses from HQ unhelpful and I get the feeling they hope we will get used to these inappropriate adverts and stop complaining.

I wonder how many of us boycotting GN it would take for them to stop the Ads.

Don’t hold your breath. 🥱🥱🥱🥱

Oh, Henetha, you can’t leave, I won’t let you!
(And you need to let me know about the cat situation please)

Perhaps we will conceive, give birth and breast feed all due to the power of advertising, grans net miracles.

I thought that too. I don't know what we can do about it, other than leave. And I don't want to leave as I really love my daily dose of GN.

When we were told that it was a trial, I thought that it was just that and took it at face value.
In that MN were using the videos as a way to see how advertising would work in this medium.

Exactly FC. I could see the point if they were trying to sell things, as sometimes happens, but all this young mother stuff is just ridiculous. I'm getting quite cross now, which is unusual for placid me!

Yes, Henetha, why?
LilyGN, can you please explain the point of these videos?

I wouldn’t mind being flogged stuff that is relevant - but these aren’t adverts or relevant

At 85, why is there a young mother talking at me about morning sickness? I really don't see the point of all this on GN.
And now it has switched to "Back pain during pregnancy!
Why?

I agree, annsixty.
I am getting extremely annoyed by these patronising adverts plus the fact that Gransnet absolutely refuse to remove them.
I don't wish to flounce off but they seriously interfere with reading and commenting on this site.
Perhaps if everyone stopped accessing this site for a few days it might have an impact.

I so dislike the smug Mumsy Midwife.
I just want to wipe the smug smile off of her face.
I’m getting really annoyed now.

Granmarderby10

If they are working as they are supposed to then how come I have never experienced them before on my iPad until now?
Plus the “mini” screen one appearing down the right hand margin.

Maybe automatic updates have altered the settings somehow ?
I’ve always experienced annoying pop ups on my iPad , but , as said , I’ve now looked into it and have downloaded free AdGuard from Apple play store . It’s easy to follow the instructions and since I’ve done it I’ve not had any pop ups .