AIBU to point out that AIBU means Am I Being Unreasonable?!

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Like most of us on MN, I have a list of favourite topics that I like to read... I like the doghouse, property, chat etc. And I like AIBU.

But I'm getting annoyed at what quite frankly I think is laziness to fine the right topic, there seems to be a growing number of AIBU posts that a blatantly not AIBU questions! The answers do not require the opinion of YABU or YANBU!

The topic header is there for a reason! It's not hard to find the chat topic, or employment topic, or style and beauty topic or what topic the thread is about is it?!!

So, AIBU to be so irritated by this?!

apologies for the number of typos... am typing on phone!

YANBU

YANBU and I am guilty of this myself.

For me, when I put questions on other topics you might get a handful of responses but when you post a question here you get alot more. There are alot more people on AIBU than any other topic imo

Although you don't have voting turned on, so for that, YABU.

It should change its name to PFTT - Posting For The Traffic

@CatVsChristmasTree I'm on the phone app.. I don't think it has the voting function

Exactly @ChilternsChaCha !!

Mumsnet needs a 'poll' options to stop AIBUs like: AIBU to ask about my new kitchen? (three long paragraphs describing kitchen) ... please vote: YABU - marble worktops, grey tiles, pine table YANBU - granite worktops, blue tiles, steel table ...

YANBU. People always say “not AIBU but posting for traffic”, yet Chat gets just as much, if not more, traffic

YANBU especially the “am I pregnant” posts. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I've never come across as many people who were absolutely livid as on AIBU.

YANBU some people don't even bother adapting their questions as AIBU anymore.

Oooo but that the fun of proper AIBU threads @livefornaps ! The angry livid vipers! That's the fun of AIBU!!

YANBU, and if everyone posted in the appropriate section then "posting for traffic" would be obsolete as all the other topics would have more traffic!

YANBU.

And the “am I pregnant?” ones are just the fucking worst. How would we know?! Take a fucking test.

@emilyfrost

YANBU. People always say “not AIBU but posting for traffic”, yet Chat gets just as much, if not more, traffic

And people are much nicer in Chat!

Tbf when I first started mumsnet I thought it was called aibu ayboo

@Takemetothebar I think that every time!!

for clarity I thought it was mumsent aibu the same way as Disney pixar

I'm heading off to Chat now - I've never been!

How funny, I just saw the thread title are you in you pajamas and somehow the OP wants AIBU voting

It's a factual question ffs, how can that be and AIBU?

But it's because literally nobody looks at the other sections. It's a vicious cycle

Aaaah it's restoring my faith in AIBU that so many of my people are here!!

@CrotchBurn

But it's because literally nobody looks at the other sections. It's a vicious cycle

If you browse via active, threads from all topics will come up.

I can't speak for others but I go into topics that interest me, but don't have much traffic, to check for threads I might want to read/post on.

Am i the only poster that just looks at Active or Threads I'm Watching if I'm not looking for a particular subject? I can't imagine going straight to AIBU, it'd feel like walking sober into a massive pub brawl