this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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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.



Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seems like it's filling the same role as r/unpopularopinion perfectly then

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If we're being fair, I'm just parroting the exact same line that gets repeated whenever any unpopularopinion is actually pretty popular.

The unpopular opinion would be: due to having a far lower user base than reddit, bots fill a unique and necessary role on Lemmy that would be a thankless task for an actual user.

I'm witholding judgement, but I do think I've seen the same articles posted in several fediverse and it is getting old.