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Even on reddit, my understanding was upvote if it's relevant to the post and contributes to the conversation.
Fair enough. In the Elon one there are probably some people that would want to hear more. It was hard for me to come up with an example.
We shouldn't downvote the unpopular opinion, we should upvote it. It's counterintuitive but we're actually asking for unpopular opinions. I see a lot of truly interesting unpopular opinions in here that are getting downvoted and I'm not sure everyone is on the same page.
The "unpopular opinions" that should be downvoted are the opinions that aren't really unpopular opinions and are just trolling. You know them when you see them.
Agreed, I find it speaks volumes about the person voting whether they're genuinely interested in discussions that may challenge their views or if they lean more towards validation from strangers on the internet.
I'm not sure what the optimal practice would be for encouraging honest and healthy discussion and debate other than creating spaces where rules and conduct are strictly enforced. Like how /r/gaming and /r/games differed on reddit.