I wondered if we might talk about ditching AIBU, please

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seems as though several people are thinking the same...AIBU is such a carbuncle, really.

it was funny at first but now it's just dragging us down imho

I wondered what the official thought was on this?

Thanks.

i actually think there should be a separate MIL topic!

maryz there are too many "right places" and its really annoying. I don't want to trawl thru a thousand topics before i get to the right one.

Sections is fine but subsections is ridiculous.

WHat will it be next? News...good news/bad news/ national/local/within 10 miles of london/manchester/birmingham

It should be called "I don't give a shit what you think, i think i am right now agree with me you bitches"

(IDGASWYTITIARNAWMYB)

Bit long?

I don't think it would help the 'name of MN' though, OP.
The damage thats been done to the name of Mn has been done by a number of things. Now irreversible.

As far as I'm concerned it's Mumsnets major selling point. I belong to lots of parenting forums and AIBU is the thing that keeps me returning to Mumsnet.

I take issue with the word 'unreasonable'.

It's a subjective term, innit.

What's reasonable to one person, isn't to anohter. So maybe it shoudl be called 'I'm not being unreasonable and if you think I am, fuck off, I'm going to rant anyway so you may as well agree with me because I'm in a reet old mood and I'm taking no prisoners, got it?"

I'm intrigued that anyone's actually got the energy spare to get annoyed by the presence of the topic on MN. If you don't like it, hide it. Or, like me, live in Active Convos and ignore anything which bores you to death.

Baby Names is pretty dire, but popular. Even if I do scan through the posts thinking "dog ... brat ... dog ... made up ... dog ... illiterate ..." someone somewhere must find it useful/entertaining.

There's massive chunks of MN Talk which I never frequent because I'm not interested. I assumed everyone did this - there's no rule saying you have to read stuff you don't like, AFAIK. Or AIBU?

Why is that Trafficcone - are you especially unreasonable?

can we ban any thread that contains the words "school run dress" or "capsule wardrobe"?

A trolls topic is genius! You could call it "Under the Bridge"

i used baby names to check whether my choice was the name of a mass murderer that everyone but me had heard of, or if it was slang or rhymed with any swear words i didn't know about. I already know i liked it and others - well somev will, some won't.

Why? Best bit of the site! Ignore ignore ignore if you don't like it.

If I have to endure fluffily titled postnatal threads and tiresome bitchfests debates about breastfeeding, others can jolly well put up with AIBU. Tis only fair.

pleeeeeeeease don't take my AIBU away from me

Maybe a change of title would encourage a less confrontational/self-righteous tone.

I vote for "Am I Being a Poo-poo head?"

Or maybe "Am I Being a tad over-wrought and need a slap?"

lol @ poo-poo head

i find it a bit like watching eastenders.

but i cant remeber why

is there still a WWYD topic ?...many of the AIBU stuff would be better in there, tbh

I requested the WWYD topic

when I floated it LOADS of people said they would use it

they didn't

in fact people type "WWYD" into their AIBU titles

tyv fantastic idea

oi

that was about "Under the bridge"

what ohfuck said.

is there really any point to be hung up about something you don't actually have to read.

lol at " you cant take aibu away from me"

The way a stranger looks
at you and your progeny
your status on facebook
No they can't take that away from me

The way you feed your kid
whatever you have for tea
The way you treat your man
No they can't take that away from me