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To wish that AIBU is used for proper questions on unreasonability then some of the daft things that get asked?

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FABsBackAndIsWell · 03/04/2011 18:24

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BooBooGlass · 03/04/2011 18:26

You mean like this one?

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Cattleprod · 03/04/2011 18:26

People always say they do this 'to get more traffic' and so the thread doesn't get deleted like in the chat topic.

I don't understand this though - surely most people look on the 'active conversations' list when looking for interesting threads to read, not the individual topics lists?

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hecate · 03/04/2011 18:28

yes. it is the new chat.

It used to wind me up so much i fantasised about tracking people down and doing horrible things to them with their pc, things that would make the surgeon trying to remove said pc, faint.

but then I convinced myself that it is no longerAIBU, but chat in disguise.

and now I rarely want to shove your pcs up your arses.

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TheGirlWhoIsBootilicious · 03/04/2011 18:32

I think you are right hecate AIBU is chat, there is not much traffic in chat.

Although having said that it depends on who posts the original post.

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FABsBackAndIsWell · 03/04/2011 18:32

I knew I would get the comment - "like this one" - and expected people not to agree with me, but mine is an actual question on reasonability. I just find it frustrating. Might be time to hide the topic as no one really cares whether I think they are being unreasonable or not .

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TheGirlWhoIsBootilicious · 03/04/2011 19:16

I should have said YANBU

I think it is just laziness, FAB, sometimes you want a quick reply (or just a reply!) and most MNers check out AIBU. I have to be honest, I don't look at Chat, purely because it comes at the bottom of my Active list, and the threads are usually dead by the time I get to them.

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TheGirlWhoIsBootilicious · 03/04/2011 19:17

Would anyone have replied to this thread if it was in Chat?

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Cattleprod · 03/04/2011 21:17

why is chat at the bottom of your active list Bootilicious? Do most people have their topics displayed separately?

Mine are just a whole mix of different topics, except the ones that I've blocked, and are in order of time the last post was added. I assumed everyone viewed Mumsnet the same way, unless searching for particular subject matter.

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MillsAndDoom · 03/04/2011 21:20

YANBU - also I hate titles that don't really tell you what it is about - "AIBU to think that...." - to think what ffs? That the thread will be a waste of my click and reading