Unpopular Opinion

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1. NO POLITICS

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

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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.

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[META] Should this community function like the subreddit r/changemyview? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For those who aren't familiar, r/changemyview (CMV), is a subreddit similar to this one (and its reddit counterpart) where posts are made with the intention of counter-arguments being made in the comments below.

Do you think that this community should function similarly? Where OPs are expected to receive counter-arguments for their unpopular opinions? Or do you think this community should only be for expressing those opinions in a safe space?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Personally, I prefer the CMV strategy. Obviously, it would be possible to just create a CMV page here, but I've argued in the past about how fractured Lemmy communities are before and would hate to contribute to the problem.

I like being given the chance to argue against actually unpopular opinions (read: not just two-sentence ragebait posts). I think it keeps threads more active than other communities, and on a more personal note, I just enjoy good-intentioned debate with opposing views. But I also acknowledge that this isn't entirely the purpose of Unpopular Opinion (or the original subreddit that we're based on).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I actually really like this idea, but the mods aren't practically non-existent on this community. I think only the way they'd see this post is if someone reports it.

Edit: oops, I forgot that I think you can tag people, but I'm not sure because never tag anyone

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

good-intentioned debate

I want to see this too and not just shit-posts.