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New feature: suggested thread titles when posting

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KatyMumsnet · 11/03/2026 15:01

Hi all,

We’ve made a small change to the thread-creation page that you might notice.

When you start a new thread, you may now see a suggested title based on what you’ve written in your post.

The aim is simply to make posting a bit easier. In user research, quite a few people told us that thinking of a title can feel like a small blocker when they just want to get their question or situation posted. The suggestion is there to help with that - you can use it, edit it, or ignore it entirely and write your own as usual.

Clear titles also make it easier for other users to understand what a thread is about and find discussions later on.

Just to be clear:

  • It’s only a suggestion, not something you have to use
  • You can change it or delete it completely
  • Your post content is not changed in any way

We’re flagging it here so people know what it is if they spot it.

As always, if you have feedback about how it works in practice, we’d love to hear it.

KatyMumsnet · 12/03/2026 10:26

Hi all, just to clear up a couple of points as there seems to be some confusion about how this works.

The suggested title is generated automatically from the text of the post (so yes, it uses AI to create that suggestion). It is simply there as an optional prompt for anyone who is not sure what to put in the title.

A few important things to note:
• You do not need to click the suggestion in order to post
• You can ignore it completely and type your own title in the title field as usual
• If you do click it, you can edit or delete it just like any other title in the title field above the suggestion

So if you prefer writing your own titles (as many people will), you can carry on doing that exactly as before. We can see that plenty of people are continuing to do that.

Separately, we are also making a change in the next couple of weeks so that AIBU will no longer be the default topic when starting a thread. If you start a thread from within a specific topic, the default will remain the topic you are posting in. @LindorDoubleChoc

On the research side, we regularly test parts of the site with users and gather feedback when people are going through things like the thread creation process. This is something that came up frequently.

As ever, if it turns out not to be useful in practice we’ll be keeping an eye on that too.

KatyMumsnet · 12/03/2026 18:29

@bluegreygreen Thanks for sharing the screenshot and sorry you're having trouble posting.

The suggested title not loading shouldn’t prevent you from posting as it’s separate from the title field and the post button. As long as you’ve typed a title in the title box (which it looks like you have), you should still be able to post.

Could you let us know what happens when you click Post? If you see an error message after clicking it, a screenshot of that would help us investigate what's going on.

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