to ask everyone really nicely if they could please be specific in their thread titles? Mumsnet allows really long titles you know!

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

Especially at the moment where it is so fucking slow and taking minutes to load pages!

This is not a taat but it is an example:

Thread title: Property local to you

What poster actually wants: 4 bed house for under £170,000 in a nice area

Since we are allowed long thread titles on here, why not make the most of them?

People like to give drama, i have frineds on FB..who will post one line, so everyone else will ask what has happened...instead of just saying whats annoyed them, or being more sensible and not saying anything at all :-)
Drama, some people live for it..

If the thread title is slightly ambiguous/mysterious, people are more likely to click on it - that is why people do it! So good luck with this one...

I'm less likely to click on the ambiguous ones... the ones that say stuff like 'AIBU to think this is really bad...' or 'AIBU to find this offensive'

Can't be arsed to click on a thread title if I don't have at least an inkling what it's about and I think it's lazy of the poster to be so vague.

Are you allowed to ask that though. You will be accused of being the thread police, mark my words.

My particular favourite is the title just 'AIBU' in AIBU.

Yes croon! Hardly a click baity title! More like a sensible Have You Got Your Gloves And Scarf one .

Just to be clear - I agree with you! I just think it is often deliberately done so you may be fighting a losing battle!

'AIBU peas' was a favourite

If it is ambiguous, I don't open it.

I also hate the 'AIBU to ask what car you drive' type shite. That's not an aibu, that's a chat.

But I digress. Longer titles make benefit every MNer.

YANBU. "Worried" or "Help please"; I want to help you, but i have no idea if what you're going to ask is anything i have any clue about, and then when i DO read your thread I think "jeez, that's pretty niche, you'll want to put that in the thread title then you've got half a chance of someone more knowledgeable spotting it!".

Also I find myself clicking on a thread, finding it doesn't interest me, then the next day do the same thing

Yanbu. So annoying to fall for a clickbait title that turns out to be a super dull thread.

AIBU to think...

And I think 'Ooh what could it be? AIBU to think my night of passion with Chris Hemsworth was great fun?' But no it's usually something like 'AIBU to think salt and vinegar is a better flavour than cheese and onion?'

Not that I think crisps flavours aren't worthy of a vigorous debate. But just stick it in the thread title.

Oh, but I like the surprise of the unknown :(

Nonspecific titles are usually rubbish threads though. I also hate abbreviations in titles where they can stand for several things.

Sometimes I'll play along with click baity non-specific thread titles. But not while Mumsnet is SO FUCKING SLOW!!!

The SLOW is making me quite stabby tbh.

Me too Niffler.

toast

What's your favourite type of toast?

Threads like that drive me crazy.

Totally agree. It takes ages and double-clicking to change pages so it's even worse when you finally get there and it's crap. Of course if Mumsnet could actually try fixing the slowness.....

I agree!

Also titles which don't fit the AIBU format, e.g. "Household tips that aren't shit." It's a good thread, but it's not AIBU. I want to put my teacher/grammar nazi hat on and tell everyone that "am I being unreasonable" must be followed by an infinitive!

But I am glad to hear that the slowness isn't just my computer.