Unpopular Opinion

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If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
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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.

2. Be civil.

Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry.

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.

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[meta] this community's rules and enforcement are hot garbage (lemmy.cafe)

submitted 6 months ago by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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several posts per day here are a clear troll posts and bids for drama but are not removed. until this community’s mods start acknowledging and responding to this problem, this community is simply providing a platform for drama fiends who get off on making you upset. simply put, this is both destructive and frankly not fun.

and i’d like to point out that reddit’s r/unpopularopinion bans political posts. not saying that this is the best move for this sub in particular, but it is something that can perhaps give guidance on what can be done.

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[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

i agree with your assessment. the unpopular opinion brand has always been fairly cursed due to its paradoxical nature and an “impossible” subject to properly moderate. it would be easier if the sub vanished, but here we are.

the community here is in the top 15 on lemmmy.world and the mods need to learn how to wield that power or risk losing it to the trolls. r/unpopularopinion does not experience such obvious bait as the examples you noted, and i believe it is because of its more attentive stance on rules and enforcement.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

i agree with your assessment. the unpopular opinion brand has always been fairly cursed due to its paradoxical nature and an “impossible” subject to properly moderate. it would be easier if the sub vanished, but here we are.

Even on Reddit the premise doesn't work. One popular post from today says ""time theft" isn't a real crime" and I'd say a majority of people agree with that. The posts are only unpopular with a minority of people.

It's basically a shower thoughts community with posts phrased in a way where they are statements instead of opinions.

the community here is in the top 15 on lemmmy.world and the mods need to learn how to wield that power or risk losing it to the trolls. r/unpopularopinion does not experience such obvious bait as the examples you noted, and i believe it is because of its more attentive stance on rules and enforcement.

I agree. I feel like the only reason this community is so popular is because of people migrating from Reddit

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 3 points 6 months ago

thanks for your insight.

i think the tldr of my position is i don’t really care about making c/unpopularopinion “work” so much as i want smarmy, debate-lord, (for somereason often vaguely genocide-denial?) shit off my timeline. there are other instances and communities to host that bile, which i have preemptively blocked lol