Introducing AIBU voting

Will we be able to vote for getting rid of AIBU?

We need a vote about the vote function. I vote no.

Just did it. I think it's great and really like the counter that tells you how the voting's going. Please keep it.

MNHQ Dumbing Down Interns - your work here is done.

Just did it. I think it's great and really like the counter that tells you how the voting's going. Please keep it.

Why not have a poll topic like we have AMA?

It's a crap idea.
I swear there are a bunch of interns at MNHQ charged with coming up with ideas to dumb down this site. Like contestants on The Apprentice with Justine as Donald Trump.

MN have you considered doing the same in Relationships?
A LTB button and a SUPU button (Shut up & put up).

It sounds like the exact opposite of interaction.

It does sound like a way of maximising quick views for MN though. Or the appearance of engagement/traffic for purposes of attracting advertising.

💖 it!

The best thing those of us who don't think it's a good idea can do, is not use it.

As long as you can choose not to add it to your own posts if you don't want a simple yes/no answer then I think it's a great idea.

I'd find it very useful for those posts which end up being dominated by two quite strong 'sides' or those where just 1-2 posters make comment after comment and it derails the group dynamic.

But I love the idea of a 3rd button as described above

TINAAIBU (this is not an AIBU)

Oh yeah, and a couple of really important ones:

@Anniegetyourgun don't forget the WTF button for some posts, we need one of those

I'm agin it.

Human life is so much more complicated than Yes or No. To be truly representative of the most frequent responses, and taking on board the comments on this thread, I conclude you'd need the following buttons as a bare minimum:

1. YABU
2. YANBU
3. TINAAIBU (this is not an AIBU)
4. TAAT
5. TL:DR
6. LTB
7. Please use paragraphs
8. More information needed
9. Cancel the cheque
10. Reported to MNHQ because I don't believe a word of it

Feel free to add any I've forgotten...

What's the point of all these features on the web version if they're not on the app? There's loads of these features (unless I'm being spectacularly dim!) eg trending, private messages, changing usernames, advanced searches etc. Not fair (stamps foot and tries to slam the door but fails )

I think this is one of the worst ideas I have seen in all my many years on MN. No one will bother to engage, will just click on a vote and move on, the OP won't get any useful suggestions or be able to provide useful updates and it could be really crushing. If someone is BU they really need to be told why.

I don't see the point of it. I am guessing a Like button will be just around the corner.

Doesn't enhance the MN experience for me. If you read an AIBU thread you get the idea of how many YANBU and YABUs the poster gets without having the exact figure.

It would enhance things if there was an extra vote for 'This is made up old cobblers ' though.

Yes, we all know it's the same account when you name change.

What I don't know is whether this specific new feature is running off the name you are logged in on at the time, or the name you might choose to use on a particular thread. And whether tech are sure that there is no possibility of exposing a NameChange if you both vote and post on the thread

”people post complex problems and mostly people are looking for help or confirmation that they have been treated badly.”

People posting complex problems for help should really not post them in AIBU!

@TheoriginalLEM

i often post on aibu for support as the other boards can be quiet

Then this is the only advantage I can see of this move. That people will be encouraged to post in the appropriate place. The more people post in AIBU 'for the traffic' the quieter the other topics/threads become.

And tbh, you would get much better support away from the mire that AIBU can become.

A name change is still the same account.

It says you can only vote once.

What happens if someone NameChanges?

But quite a few discussions/debates/topics arise from some of the AIBUs. Also, interesting to see why some think OP is BU, and some don't.

So running it like an opinion poll shuts that down.

Limekiwi i often post on aibu for support as the other boards can be quiet, however this feature would make me reconsider doing so and i simply wouldn't post. .

AIBU is for opinions, though surely? If it's support you're after you usually go to a more sympathetic board where people will help.
If you're asking if you're being U, surely you shouldn't be upset if you're told yes, you are actually!
I'm on my first of the threads at the moment where OP seems to be on the sangria, it's very entertaining lol