Introducing AIBU voting

I have to say that in its current incarnation, I'm not loving it or finding the vote button useful.
When you are first perusing threads, you can click on the Vote button, be brought to the original AIBU from the OP, and then vote. I see so many threads where the true nature of the request only comes out from discussion and responses to the OP and answers to the OP. At surface value, how valuable is the vote, really?
It seems gimmicky and as many have mentioned, probably will inhibit discussion. I don't need any more buttons to click!

Re Advanced Search, this is a link to the thread that is on Site Stuff: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/3155720-Advanced-Search-Question

It was first started eighteen months ago and we have had many many promises of it being fixed during that time. It has all been very polite, in spite of the Tech Team's apparent inability or unwillingness to fix it or give it any sort of priority. So I think I can be forgiven for being a tad pissed off that they have found the time for this ridiculous voting system when there are other things that need to be fixed. Just taking a look at the threads on page one of Site Stuff show there are many other problems too.

What big changes do you want

Advanced Search could work properly for a start.

That not a "big change" that's just wanting something that's broken fixed when MNHQ can't be arsed to fix it.

Who are the 'old gaurd' ?

"What big changes do you want"

Advanced Search could work properly for a start.

Well having tried it I love it (always wanted it though never asked). Can’t bear people not reading threads and posting the same opinions as the last god knows how many - if you don’t have something unique to add...
I also love the fact that it’s a way for shy lurkers to join in as well as being useful on those occasions when people are too busy to post.
I do think everyone ought to be able to try it out as part of the trial though.
Finally it’s the people who have trialled a voting thread whose opinion should be listen to the most - if it’s mostly helpful for, and appreciated by, those asking the AIBU question then it should stay as an option.

This Site needs big changes and it’s the ‘old gaurd’ stopping them. They moan about everything

Not as much as the "newbies" moan about the Big Changes they think the site needs...

If you vote on a thread then it would be useful if it appeared in 'threads I'm on' but it doesn't seem to.

What big changes do you want?

I'm guessing an edit button.

@NewCrossBoy

This Site needs big changes and it’s the ‘old gaurd’ stopping them. They moan about everything

'Guard' for a start

What big changes do you want?

Well, it appears I'm one of the randomly selected few who have the option to use this new feature.

It's wasted on me because I don't want it & won't use it.

I can't see anything to do with voting anywhere.
Why am I being missed out? [sobs]

Oh!! So it’s not the OP wanting the vote option on the thread? It’s mnhq deciding which threads get a vote option? That’s even worse.

I turned it off but it’s still visible to me. I don’t want to see it.

There is even a vote button on the DH called me fat thread

The weight shamers are likely having orgasms over this.

And it hardly shows MN in a good light.

I post a comment and vote

Am I being greedy U

I can't see it even when i turn it back on. I could before though!

If you go to the aibu section a handful of threads have the vote option visible next to the title.

I could see it earlier (using the thread linked below where I knew there was the voting option) but then turned it off. I now can't see it (despite turning it back on) so heaven knows what happening. I don't particularly care as I don't want to see it anyway.

Soup I can't see voting, and I have neither disabled it nor on an app?

Can we have something that says 'Voting has been enabled on this thread for those in the trial' or something. It is annoying people talking about voting when you can't even see it is happening ...

Everyone can see it (unless you've disabled it or are on the app)

I think it might be more useful for those looking for a straight answer rather than a fight.

Ooh that's odd then!

@eurovision I did vote. I saw it that once and now I can't see it at all any more. And there's been 90 votes since then.

I enabled voting but can't see the way is swinging on my own thread.

You have to vote. It feels a bit weird to vote on your own thread and I think MNHQ should change this. I quite like that I can't see the results on other threads until voting as it might create some bias.