To think that voting yanbu on a clearly emotive thread and not putting your opinion to your vote is cowardly.

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Yes, a particular thread has triggered this thread, however I’ve seen it so many times where a poster posts something which is very emotional, i.e. in the most recent example about pro life protesters harassing people outside a maternity clinic, where there is almost a unanimous “yanbu” vote because actually, the OP is so clearly not being unreasonable that it should be 100%.

However, on these threads there is almost always a 1 or 2% yabu vote, but the poster/s voting clearly don’t have the balls to own up to their vile opinions and so hide behind their vote.

Surely, if you believe that you’re right enough to vote yabu on something so emotive, then you should stop being such a bloody coward and state or opinion?

Or piss off.

@FluffyBooBoo
My view

I can never see what the vote says as I use the app. It's pointless IMO.

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Thanks for tagging me in that. I wasn't going to sleep tonight until I found out.

Or maybe they don't want to engage with your vitriol fir having their own opinion

Some people don’t always want to get involved in the dialogue - and just want to vote. No big deal.

Agree with @MurmuratingStarling :

"I agree with this. Many people won't comment, as they know they will be lambasted for their views.

I have seen threads (like about Brexit for example,) saying 'AIBU to wish we were back in the EU?' and a THIRD of almost 1200 posters voted for YABU (so all these people are glad we are NOT in the EU still.) But not many of the almost 400 people who are glad we're out of the EU, said anything, and that's because they know they will be lambasted, ridiculed, slated, and called a thick, racist bigot.

With the way some people on here react towards people who go against the mumsnet majority, it's hardly surprising that people just click on YABU but put no comments."

Plus, some subjects are fairly complex, and it takes a good bit of time to explain the reasons behind your POV. Then people will be wanting to have a debate. Sometimes I can't be bothered with all that. But I still hope people might reconsider their views if they see that not everyone agrees with them, so I vote.

If the option is there to vote and not comment people are perfectly entitled to do this.

I can comment and not vote. And I can vote and not comment. That's how MN want it to be.
I guess people have had experience of being bullied and harassed for daring to have a different opinion to others so don't bother explaining themselves.
Anyone who talks about others not having balls and being bloody cowards should realise that some people don't want to engage with posters like you.

@Nightlystroll

Very well put 👏