I've been here for about 9 years and I think it's much worse than it used to be. There still are some great posts and posters of course, but I feel like the while tone has changed for the worst. Back in the day I remember there being a lot more genuinely funny threads, more interesting, informative stuff, less sniping - or if there was sniping it was made clear it wasn't welcome.
I think the site's become more popular, but perhaps newer members have really started to misjudge the tone. I wonder if people think that, hey, it's ok to swear, therefore it's also ok to be rude, rip people apart for no reason, bitchplop on threads etc. I'm sick of opening a thread to find the first comment after the OP is something like "you sound hard work" or that ilk. If you've nothing useful to contribute, just don't contribute! I don't understand the mentality of people who think we want to read their shitty little critical, pointless comments. Nobody cares of you think the OP sounds hard work! If that's what you think, try offering some constructive fucking criticism, not just bitchplopping.
I've just read the thread where the someone's colleagues wife has invited her for dinner and there are plenty of posts saying OP must be really up herself to imagine he fancies her, on the MIL/tshirt thread, saying how OP is hard work (when it's really quite clear that MIL pulled the XS sizing out of thin air).
The majority of threads in AIBU, often in Chat too, just have this underlying air of bitchiness and it's really making it a worse place.I still come here out of habit, but it doesn't cheer me up or make me laugh much any more.