this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2024
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Unpopular Opinion

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Welcome to the Unpopular Opinion community!


How voting works:

Vote the opposite of the norm.


If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it's something that's widely accepted, give it an arrow down.



Guidelines:

Tag your post, if possible (not required)


  • If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
  • If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].


Rules:

1. NO POLITICS


Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.


2. Be civil.


Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...


Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.


5. No trolling.


This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.


6. Defend your opinion


This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.



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[–] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I agree, you're literally explaining the use case for a vote. It can be gamed sure but it cuts out a lot of the noise it also allows for other sorts like looking for unpopular or controversial comments.

Which is the point of this community

Which makes the OP so very meta

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can only discern popularity by everyone's comment contributions. And I like it that way.

[–] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So why not just go to the comments section of newsweek or some other such site?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm assuming newsweek doesn't have super niche nerd or shitposting columns. I could be wrong, though?

I suspect we use this platform differently. I've personally blocked nearly all political and domestic news communities on Lemmy.

[–] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you tried ifunny or imgur?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Well at least you are a person of some taste and distinction. I hope you shitpost well and find many merryments and giggles anon.