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MasterOfOne · 18/11/2025 18:42

Please please please can you make it a requirement in AIBU post to be clear what their question is??

The polls are often bear no relation to the coments because people are trying to interpret what the OP is asking then the subsequent dripfeeds, that then changes the responses.

AIBU to want posts to have a clear question from the outset?

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HebeMumsnet · 19/11/2025 10:47

Morning @MasterOfOne,

While we don't want to be too prescriptive (and sometimes it's clear what the OP is asking even though they haven't necessarily phrased it with an AIBU), if you see threads that really don't seem to belong in AIBU, you can always send us a report and we will move them if they definitely don't sit well there.

We can also edit the original post for the original poster if it becomes clear that there wasn't a specific question being asked but they want to keep the 'poll' aspect of the thread and they drop us a line, so it's also worth letting them know that on the thread.

Ultimately, they'll get more responses if it's a clear AIBU so it's in everyone's interests for threads to work that way and be easy to answer, but we don't want to be so draconian about it that no one wants to post there either. We hope WANBU ;-)

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