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Useless AI thread titles

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SwirlyGates · 20/06/2026 20:45

So, MNHQ, is there any point to the AI titles? All the ones that have been suggested to me are long-winded and waffly, and do not reflect what I want to say. I can write my own, thank you very much. (The suggested title for this thread is "Are AI thread title suggestions useful or just unnecessary site clutter?" What a load of waffle!)

I have also seen threads where the title is somewhat misleading, and it turns out the OP mistakenly added the AI title instead of their own.

Plus, what a waste of resources! AI is known to be environmentally-unfriendly in a number of ways, including the huge number of data centres proposed to prop it up. Do auto-generated thread titles warrant this wastefulness, when posters are perfectly capable of writing their own?

Does anyone actually like these, or find them useful?

BeckyAMumsnet · 24/06/2026 11:44

Hi both, thanks for raising this and for officially naming our title generator!

The idea behind the suggested titles was not to replace anyone’s own imagination, but as an optional prompt for posters who get stuck, or who start a thread with something very broad when a more specific title might get them better replies.

If the suggestions are too waffly or inaccurate (or indeed elbowing their way into the title box like a man explaining your own post back to you), then clearly that needs looking at. We'll discuss further at MNHQ.

Thanks again.

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