Introducing AIBU voting

@BIWI I agree.

I do use mumsnet as a resource too but the focus has definitely changed over the years.

AIBU does dominate the site.

Yayyy an actual way to make people posting for help in aibu to feel even shitter.

This is fine for lighthearted threads but people post complex problems and mostly people are looking for help or confirmation that they have been treated badly.

Doesn't sit well with me at all

I have voted on a few and added comments to 2 of them.

BIWI

I don't think so, many non-parent land on the site when googling something. It's still used as a resource as well as entertainement.

That makes me very sad. Is this what MN has now come to? Dumbed down 'entertainment'?

Just AIBU. If people post things for support on AIBU and it's clear that a pasting would be detrimental to their mental health people always helpfully suggest they get it moved to the appropriate section.

Voting or not AIBU has always been about entertainment and not support.

Of course it's about entertainment, @EarlGreyOfTwinings. Sorry I wasn't clear enough - what makes me sad is that the drive (or desire) seems to be just dumbed down entertainment, and a rejection of the fact that MN is a place for intellectual discussion.

The level of insight, knowledge and intelligence displayed by many MNetters has always been something that sets the site apart from other communities.

But this seems to be a move away from that.

Is this what MN has now come to? Dumbed down 'entertainment'?

It always has been. That's what the Chat section and many others were for.

You are free to use it as you like. I think it's an entertaining way to kill time when stuck in commute or waiting for someone.

What's wrong with entertainment anyway?

It's not just 'entertainment', people's lives and problems don't exist for our entertainment. Yes, MN can provide entertainment, but it is so much richer and more powerful than that.

MN is a place for discussion, debate, support, solidarity and education too. And some people bring things here that are deeply personal and upsetting. They may not do that in the wisest of ways sometimes - that's part of presenting a struggle. Clickbait monetizing of their issues for 'entertainment' is rather revolting.

Those of you who think certain threads shouldn't have the voting option - please remember that the feature has to be switched ON by the OP, it's not on by default.

A quick way? It takes 2 second to type yanbu or yabu!

@NerrSnerr

It's Mumsnet Am I being unreasonable. A bit of entertainment on the internet. I don't really get the talk of 'dumbing down', it it's never been the place for intellectual discussion which is why I like it.

That makes me very sad. Is this what MN has now come to? Dumbed down 'entertainment'?

Yesterday 22:27 mabelsgarden

@SoupDragon

Which is exactly the same as like/dislike or up/down voting whatever you wish to call it

It's really not

I am guessing you have not been given the ability to do it?

Someone asked about the meaning of dumbing down.............

and yes BIWI I agree with you, users opinions don't count any more.

The next thing will be having the option to only read OPs posts. Which sometimes I think would be useful but then I remember the many time I've read insightful, informative, funny and supportive posts, on threads. All of which I'd have missed if I'd only been arsed to read the OPs posts.

No one from @MNHQ seems to want to discuss the negative comments about this.

It would be nice to get answers to the questions I asked first thing this morning.

Perhaps it could be expanded to:

AIBR - AIBU - a Troll - a PBP - a Reverse?

It.

Perhaps implementing ig might be better.

Oh. . Of course. It's all about the clicks, isn't it? Just a revenue-generating 'innovation'

So nothing about what MNetters might want/like, hence no discussion with us before implementing ig.

Havent rtft but I don't agree that it will encourage more interaction.

It will encourage more clicks, for sure, as people who might not have bothered to make a written post probably could be bothered to click.

More clicks = more revenue. Clever huh.

Those of you with the option - what is the default behaviour? Do you have to select an option to post, or is the default behaviour to include voting. Making it default behaviour would seem like a sub optimal solution.

Based on an early candidate using voting, will there be an third option? YABU, YANBU and "Bollocks"?

I'm agnostic on voting/like buttons but I'm not sure AIBU was a good place to pilot.

Jesus.
I said my bit yesterday and left the thread but pleased to see voices of reason being reasonable.
Also chuckling at the HQ parody of an AIBU
OP (Tom) we think A
Vast majority of posters "that's a really bad idea and here's why"
Minority "oh yeah love it yeah innit"
OP (Tom) "thank you to those who have supported me, even though everyone else days IABU I'm not"

Will we have to have a Justine thread soon to tell us to behave?
It's been a while.

ScottishDoll Totally agree - it's really inappropriate. I read that thread but did not vote and TBH don't think the OP of the thread should have used the vote option.

You really haven't thought this through have you MNHQ?? I mean what is the actual point of it? It doesn't add anything meaningful to the user experience.

Agreed, I just left the thread, no clicking. Can't bear to look at it.

And please note on the thread quoted by ScottishDoll there are 160+ clicks and only 11 comments. So engagement isnt really climbing much. I simply clicked without responding as well as it's slightly uncomfortable and emotive so clicking lets me off the hook.

This function will do the opposite of what you intend. As well as being very tacky.