Unpopular Opinion
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.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
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I strongly doubt this. I suspect it would make downvotes seem like something you 'earned' the right to spend, leading to more downvoting.
I considered this and definitely think it would apply. Though, I guess I think it would still point us in a net positive direction.
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I just don't really think there's a need to regulate something that has no effect or impact.
If I get a couple down votes 🤷 someone disagrees, or is an idiot. If I get more than a couple it's a good opportunity to think about how I could be clearer or how I might be out of step with popular opinion.
Lol oops.
To be fair you just said it has no effect, but then said getting downvotes makes you consider the comment. I think we can describe that as at least a little bit of effect.
Yeah fair point. Maybe I mean meaningful effect, or mechanical effect. Like it doesn't do anything to my post and I can completely ignore it without any ill effects.