Genuine Q - AIBU to think that those who use AIBU only could contribute more to MN as a whole? They are missing so much

[LadyLatherOfIndecision]

There is so much MORE to MN than AIBU

It's that sense of entitlement and the 'take, take, take' mentality, you see.

If you mean the mean-spirited, spiteful ones, it's possibly for the better that they don't contribute much elsewhere.

ah I take your point, pointy

Thing is with AIBU and chat, all you need is opinions rather than expertise. That's not a dig - but when there are so many knowledgable people in all the Specialist areas it's easy to feel a bit shy about contributing.

I find that AIBU and Chat take so long to read through everything interesting that I don't have time to go elsewhere. Am already welded to my laptop, so if I strayed too far into other topics, no one would get fed and the house would be even more of a tip

can there really be anyone who only goes on AIBU?

AIBU can be entertaining to the point that one becomes trapped for a few days hours. The BF/FF, Weaning, B&D, Parenting and Chat boards are absolutely brill IMO.

Are there people who only post on AIBU? Why would you do that?

pointy why are you pinty?

i agree with pinty btw

Have you done an audit of users and found out who post more on AIBU than others?

I post replies more in AIBU as the majority of posts need help and advice!

pinty of blood = a snack for a vampire

Uum, a teeny bit holier than thou!

Hands up who thinks the OP is head of parents comittee/girl guide leader/is possibly Sam cam?

I mostly only post on here but read a few. I used to read the pregnant ones when I was pregnant, the breastfeeding ones when I'd just had DD, now I'm moving onto the weaning ones. I think those kind of threads are quite transient, you're not going to be pregnant forever, for example.

But you can always be unreasonable

I live here...I like it. It's funny.

(defiant)

I started on here when someone linked me to it ... it took ages before I realized that, er, there were other sections of the board.

Wasn't aware I was here to 'contribute' though.

Well I have spent the last few years hanging around on the most incredibly boring, censored and over-moderated forum in Australia. I am still quite that people are actually allowed to say what they really feel on mn. So for me AIBU still has huge novelty factor.

I do lurk about in Relationships. I ventured to the Teenager section one day but havent been back since I discovered that most parents there think 15 year olds WILL be having sex no matter what. Scary stuff.

I am way past babies, couldnt care less about recipes and a lot of the sections are not relevant to Australia. By default, even in AIBU, I am learning a little bit about your politics though.

I agree with others that I havent really had time to venture much further afield.

I like that AIBU distracts some of the really argumentative nasty buggers from the more sensitive topics.

I post on topics that catch my interest and/or where I think I can contribute something useful. I definitely don't just post in AIBU (I'm a regular who has namechanged from SDTG).

If someone only wants to post in AIBU, that's up to them - and the OP has no way of knowing whether people who only post in AIBU only read AIBU - they (if they exist) could be posting in AIBU but reading lots of other stuff and getting good advice from it.

I don't believe that anyone who is a mumsnetter has to post elsewhere - to earn their right to be here, in some way. The great thing about mumsnet is that it is whatever someone needs, and can be so many different things to different people.

Epicfail - one thing you said caught my eye - and I thought I would reassure you. I have a 17 year old and a 15 year old ds, neither of whom have had sex yet, and both of whom intend waiting until they meet someone special, because that is what I have taught them and their 13 year old brother - so not every 15 year old is going to be having sex no matter what.

Thanks Haunting. I was generalising just a teensy bit about the Teenagers section.

(My 15yo DD and 95% of her year group are the same as your DS - I just didnt feel I could say that in a couple of threads over in the Teens section without being called a naive ostrich, IYSWIM)

I agree with the Wukter, you don't need a degree, you just need a pair of judgey pants with functioning elastic.
Also, AIBU does have disclaimer warning of strong opinions which may make people more confident in stating opinions in the first place.
And who doesn't like a good bunfight?

I like a good AIBU bunfight. Especially the g&t ones. They aren't real though are they?

no. It's like wrestling.
Always imagine he protagonists dressed head to toe in bright lycra, slamming down their comments into the ring.

that could just be me though