Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it’s actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that’s really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

  • Interesting_Test_814@jlai.lu
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    1 year ago

    “This” comments (on Reddit and Lemmy) are not a bad thing. An upvote is supposed to promote valuable content, not necessarily stuff you agree with. A “this” shows agreement. These are different things, and hunting down the “this” promotes the “upvote to agree, downvote to disagree” mentality.

    (For example I said “this” to one comment on this thread, which was an unpopular opinion I agreed with. I upvoted plenty of other opinions I found interesting (and actually unpopular) while not necessarily agreeing with them.)

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think it’s necessarily the agreement that’s the problem. It’s the phrase, it feels like a regurgitated meme with no original thought.

      If someone said ‘I agree’, I would probably upvote, or leave it alone.