To think there's no point to the boards except AIBU?

[feelinglowtodayinfertility]

Am I missing something? The other boards seem pointless when you post about something looking for help. They may get a small handful of resolves and how here near responses you would get in AIBU.

Is there a Point to them?

I couldn't tell you what boards threads are on. I press active posts and read/comment from there.

I imagine lots of people here have particular boards hidden from their dashboard. No point reading conception, pregnancy and baby names if you've had all your kids.

No point me reading the Doghouse or Gardening or Scotsnet as I've no advice to offer there.

Most people probably have AIBU unhidden as it's an entertainment topic, and the deliberately controversial or provocative subjects draw people in.

Some of the other topics get high responses too, relationships, bereavement, chat, to name a few.

@ImInStealthMode I didn't know you could hide boards from your main feed - that's useful to know!

You get more replies on AIBU but when you filter out the jokes, trolls, nastiness, pedantic smart ass comments, grammar correction, and arguments between responders, then I would say and legit and helpful responses are about the same.

I've posted on specific boards for help knowing I'm seeking out a 'specialised' audience who frequently those boards looking to help or learn on a subject matter that means something.

I would rather get 3 replies on a specialist board than 56 replies on AIBU.

@feelinglowtodayinfertility You can only do it on the desktop site but I assume it's still a thing!

I hid the Coronavirus topic about eighteen months ago. It was like that moment at 4.13am when next door's car alarm finally stops.

The problem with posting in the other more appropriate boards is that the speed of traffic from all the AIBU threads means that your post soon drops off of the active front pages and often your thread disappears before anybody sees it.

Please don't take Sporner Corner away from me!

@SomewhereOnlyIKnow

I don’t look at the boards, I just look at ‘active’, so there’s not really much point to them for me.

Me too. Honestly couldn't tell you most of the time which board something is posted in when I open a thread.

Plenty of people customise the boards they see, I think some people only look at AIBU, Chat and any niche subject that grabs them.

AIBU is terrible for relationships, or anything legal. It’s the majority of relies for anything serious in AIBU that is pointless.

A lot of people answer posts on other boards as if they were on AIBU. Not helpful when someone's deliberately sought out the right board, e.g. Relationships, to be told YWBVVVVVU! in aggressive terms. It's not that difficult to glance at the topic before answering.

My children are grown adults, but I'd never hide Baby Names. Once in a way you get a really entertaining thread there.

Food, Radio Addicts and Feminism are all good boards that stick to their topics. Can't speak for the first two but Mumsnet has confirmed that Feminism is one of the most active boards on the site. I think they can measure not just how many people post but also how many people read particular threads.

[quote feelinglowtodayinfertility]@ImInStealthMode I didn't know you could hide boards from your main feed - that's useful to know! [/quote]
You can do so here. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/topic-choice

@BlueSkyeThinker

I hid the Coronavirus topic about eighteen months ago. It was like that moment at 4.13am when next door's car alarm finally stops.

As a squeamish person, I hid the Sex topic years ago. What a relief!

It depends if people want quality or quantity of responses

AIBU seems to be where those who are hard of reading, or understanding go to play.

I have only started a handful of threads and while i didn't get a huge number of replies the ones i got were measured and helpful without the pile ons that aibu is famous for. Yabu

When I go to the topics list, which I presume is supposed to be in alphabetical order, I always wonder why Special Needs is before Pets.

AIBU is horrible. I posted there not long ago under a NC and it made me realise how nasty it is. I tried to word my post in the best way possible but people still found some angle to unnecessarily attack and be vile.

I do know what you mean about the lack of traffic but as others have said you get actual measured replies without your heart rate increasing by a million beats per minute as you read every horrible snarky comment in between the rare helpful ones.

I know exactly what you mean OP. I always try and shoehorn my threads into AIBU as I know otherwise I’ll hardly get any replies.

I think MN has too many categories and they should broaden it out more, hopefully then the traffic will be a bit more evenly distributed.

I do enjoy Chat, Relationships, Style and Beauty and Telly Addicts though, they all seem to get quite a bit of traffic.

Relationships is pretty good and chat can be, depends what you post about. The telly addicts board is quite active, as are pregnancy and baby names. Unsure about others, I haven’t ventured anywhere else.

The adoption board is brilliant - lots of very experienced adopters who really know what they’re talking about, it’s been a lifesaver for me. By contrast adoption topics on AIBU and chat tend to be filled by posts from people with lots of preconceived ideas and little knowledge of current adoption and the issues that affect adopters.