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Video adds kp popping up .

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bikergran Wed 17-Nov-21 08:59:59

I have suddenly started getting video adds popping up all the time whilst on GN.

They are to my right about 4 x 3 and are very distracting, they cover part of the message in GN.

Never had these before hmm

Anyone else. I cants seem to get rid.

They seem to be mostly Disney.

Calistemon Fri 19-Nov-21 13:31:23

muse I found my email changed format and I couldn't log out of it when I put Adblock on. Very strange.

muse Fri 19-Nov-21 13:44:40

Calistemon. Just quit out of my email and Chrome, shut down my laptop and rebooted. Everything OK.

I'd be interested to know if other MacBook (Apple) users have been successful with Adblock. It could be a PC problem.

Calistemon Fri 19-Nov-21 13:46:59

Mine isn't an Apple.

And I do not want to go to Tenerife even though the ad keeps trying to persuade me I can run along the beach joyfully!

Oldnproud Fri 19-Nov-21 14:12:49

I might have solved it!

I switched from the desktop site (the toggle at the bottom of the page) to the mobile one ten minutes ago, just to see if it made any difference.
Guess what - no shouty videos came up. I switched back to desktop, and got one almost immediately.

Now I'm back on the mobile version, and still no videos.

I really hope that the solution really is that simple, and that it is not just a coincidence.

monk08 Fri 19-Nov-21 14:38:36

Thanks Oldnproud just done the same and it works

Calistemon Fri 19-Nov-21 14:43:47

Tried that
I've still got adverts- Mumsnet (get your voice heard! They need me apparently) and an advert for a new radio channel.
Added to which the message box doesn't show when I'm typing.

Calistemon Fri 19-Nov-21 14:44:36

Plus about 5 as 8n between posts.

Calistemon Fri 19-Nov-21 14:45:19

5 ads in between posts on the mobile site.

Oldnproud Fri 19-Nov-21 15:20:05

I'm only getting silent ads now, not the loud video ones. I can live with those.

Oldnproud Sat 20-Nov-21 08:05:22

I've just noticed something else that's different on the mobile site: all the OP's posts in a thread are highlighted!

Lucca Sat 20-Nov-21 08:21:28

Oldnproud

I might have solved it!

I switched from the desktop site (the toggle at the bottom of the page) to the mobile one ten minutes ago, just to see if it made any difference.
Guess what - no shouty videos came up. I switched back to desktop, and got one almost immediately.

Now I'm back on the mobile version, and still no videos.

I really hope that the solution really is that simple, and that it is not just a coincidence.

I tried that. Still got ads plus OP posts not highlighted !!
I’m on ipad.

PamelaJ1 Sat 20-Nov-21 09:43:34

I don’t get the shouty ones. Could be because I don’t have the sound on ??

CassieJ Sat 20-Nov-21 11:04:33

I keep getting them too on my lap top. Really annoying! I click close ad, which it does, but then it comes back again multiple times.

I had to disable my ad blocker as it was stopping me using many sites.

Chewbacca Sat 20-Nov-21 11:09:36

It doesn't seem to matter how many times you close it out, it just comes back. Very intrusive and annoying.