To wonder what puts you off a thread in AIBU and probably means YABU as a result?

[Vintagejazz]

For me it is a long opening post running to several paragraphs, with heaps of back story and confusing references and a cast of thousands including friends A,B,C, and D.

Yes IABU because I know the OP sometimes wants to give full details to get the best replies and to avoid being accused of drip feeding. But I usually click out of those threads as soon as I see the length of the opening post.

[Suzannewithaplan]

A litany of 'he said, she said' can be tiresome.

A summary will suffice, we don't need a verbatim account.

[Suzannewithaplan]

If a post lacks paragraphs I make no attempt to read it.

I'm not sure if that indicates a cognitive deficit on my part?

[Suzannewithaplan]

Inability to be concise puts me off, as does glaringly bad grammar and sentence construction.

[Summerbreezing]

Some smokers and SUV drivers can get a bit hysterical and screechy when anyone criticises them. I have quietly crept off a few of those threads.

I love a good P&T parking thread though

[sillystring]

The Wendy thing is ridiculous. There was a thread about 6 months ago and within minutes there were about 50 replies saying the same thing which was "You've been WENDIED OP!!!!" even though it didn't seem that way to me at all. It actually sounded like the OP was having trouble accepting that her 3 friends got on better with each other than they did with her, these things happen in life sometimes, but the replies were saying things like "they are bitches/cunts/a coven of witches" and then suggesting a load of revenge porn on 3 women the MNetters had never met in their lives. I was shocked at the vitriol directed towards complete strangers who had done nothing wrong.

[PrincessBabyCat]

Things that put me off:

• Titles that are "Is it me or DP?" or anything along the lines of them vs. dp with no other clue in the thread title.
  

• Opening posts that are too long or walls of text with no paragraphs.
  

• Too much back story, I'd rather OPs drip feed (although I realize I'm not the majority on this).
  

• Reverse AIBU's that don't even try to put themselves in the other person's shoes. "Am I being unreasonable to not give up my seat to a disabled person who was clearly struggling, when all I wanted to do was play on my phone?". It really makes me want to "YABU" just out of spite.
  

• Personally, I'm a bit bored of the "AIBU to be upset that my abusive DP is yet again doing an asshole thing that pisses me off?".
  

In any case, I mostly ignore people in the threads that annoy me. Sometimes I engage if I think it could be an interesting dialogue.

[Smilesandpiles]

and OP's where all they have to do is google the bloody answer to their question.

[Smilesandpiles]

Threads where to op makes no sense whatsoever, it starts off as a normal parking thread which then turns into a lemon drizzle bunfight, with googling blue waffle dragons, grammar police, benefit bashing with a hearty dose of MNHQ warnings and deletions of perfectly ok posts but leave ths wasdfggnaiurhf9aoo;ewkrfnjb rgusyefruaoiewkrmj4nthgbpf9askdmpwogifhb vk ahewuifapek4iagf[a0ewriutyg34t jriugspr and a hot dog.

[taxi4ballet]

Threads with 800+ replies in the hour since it started - life's too short to wade through that lot!

[Redcoats]

More than 100 posts puts me off in case it gets pulled before ive caught Up.
If I'm commiting to a long thread I need to know how it ends.

[CoffeeTea103]

Threads where the op writes as a child not cute, not funny. Reminds me of people who set up fb pages for their 1 year old.

Long winded posts written as one long sentence.

[wildfig]

I secretly like it when 'WIBU to save this kitten from drowning?' smug threads become 'AIBU? YABU! No, AWNBU! Yes, YWBU!' stand-offs as the judgemental masses find reasons that the OP actually should have minded her own business and left the kitten to drown, the interfering cow.

[Smilesandpiles]

I just had to go back on my phone to post that. It's been playing up all evening and I was praying that was going to work.

I'm back on the laptop now so that should be the end of it.

[MooMaid]

Bahaha!

[Smilesandpiles]

Threads where posters end up making the same point over and over again..

[Smilesandpiles]

Threads where posters end up making the same point over and over again..

[Smilesandpiles]

Threads where posters end up making the same point over and over again..

[MooMaid]

Cliquey threads hack me off, you know when someone asks Aibu to ask where all the oldies/regulars have gone. It's as if, if you haven't been on MN for ages you're no-one. That feels like stealth boosting in itself

[PunkrockerGirl]

No paragraphs, I just can't be bothered to try and decipher them.

And yes to the ones about boys wearing dresses. Just wrong.

[Corygal]

Anything whiny or involving a teenager with worryingly low life skills: "AIBU to get my 18 yr old off FB and teach him to blow his nose?"

Anything that includes the phrase "I am sat here crying my eyes out."

[Writerwannabe83]

"When I get three lines in and realise I don't care....."

Brilliant

I also hate the ones about boys wearing dresses.

[slithytove]

No paragraphs

'Suck you in' titles followed by a boring OP

I also hate the non aibus - "Aibu to ask you this" - YABU to ask here certainly.