Oh boy, the 'true' versions of Communities have started.
Other options would have been to have unpopularopinion@any.other.instance or resurrect the one at lemmy.ml.
There's also one at exploding-heads, but I assume their version is full of posts about trying out empathy and understanding.
So I wanted to make a true version, the ‘true’ part being, that it’s sought for more thoughtful opinions that are beyond 2 lines and actually are more fleshed out we’ll say.
Yes, I will subscribe. You should've led with "thoughtful opinions".
Someone will make that down the road, I'll leave it to them.
I just think the format doesn't really work. The opinion is either very popular to get these sick upvotes or so unpopular that it's either getting downvoted or it's just made up to be edgy and different. There is no winning
I like communism.
I hope that stays unpopular.
my opinion is that the unpopularopinion people should have more rigorous methodologies when asserting as to the popularity of an opinion. Is that a popular opinion? I doubt it. But I don't know for sure so I guess I won't tie my identity to it. Does it count as unpopular because virtually no one on earth has ever thought about it one way or the other? Or do you only include in the n people who have some opinion on the question?
What will the citation requirements be for this subreddit?
The way I see something as 'unpopular' is that you have to feel strongly about it. I've studied the way some people have posted over on Reddit, on all unpopularopinion based subreddits like 10thDentist, TrueUnpopularOpinion .etc
What I've noted people of doing there is that they're saying the opposite of what people prop as popular, for the sake of being the opposite. They don't feel that strongly about it and you can tell. They'll write a 2-liner post that is very dry, summarizing that they don't like something because everyone else did, just through their own words. It doesn't feel strong, doesn't feel relatable or resonates anything.
I love opinions where someone points at something and has a very vibrant feeling towards it. I'm tired of any of them, unpopular or popular, that are along the lines of "I don't know why I like it, I just do" and "It sucks because...it just sucks and I've got nothing to add to it".
well you can hold an unpopular belief at any intensity. they are independent variables.
For example, I think store-brand (any store brand) potato chips are better than the same flavor/style of the national brand 100% of the time. I infer this is unpopular because the national brand costs $2-3x as much so there is no reason to ever buy them, yet they stay in business and I see people eating them.
But I by no means feel strongly about this. It has been probably 10 years since I mentioned it to anyone. I wouldn't turn down any potato chip no mater how expensive it is. They are all pretty good tbh.
Maybe what you are actually trying to capture is along the lines of:
this-is-actually-fascinating
nobodyKnowsHowMuchofMyLifeThisTakesUp
blooilsmyblood
IfeelStronglyThat
EverybodyIsDoingThisWrong
WhyAreYouSoWrong
ThisThingthatILove
or simply
StonglyHeldBeliefs.. isn't that what you want to see?
Tho you know what you might really get a kick out of is this podcast: Trampoline Hall. RSS feed. You can find youtubes if you prefer.
Trampoline Hall is a barroom lecture... it asks lecturers to take a vulnerable, theatrical risk and speak on a subject they’re not professionally expert in. Subjects range from absurd and arcane obsessions to heartbreakingly personal stories.
I think you might find some good energy there.
Hope this turns out well, I greatly enjoyed the 10th dentist sub on reddit since I felt it actually mangaged to make "upvote things you disagree/don't do, and downvote those that you do" as opposed to the extremely popular vailidation seeking posts over at unpopular opinion
I subscribed but I see no posts
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