Not because they are a troll, or bigot but because they said something UNPOPULAR.
This person's last account got banned for bigotry lol
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2025
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Which account was that? This one has been around for 24 hours and I've already tagged them
Is this community meant to be something like a safe space? I thought we just blast random opinions out there (minus politics) and have fun with them?? I mean if people demanded posts to be removed... I haven't seen that. That might or might not be besides the point of this entire thing. I mean if it's against the community rules it needs to be removed. Other than that, this is for unpopular opinions.
I'll argue that as much as people don't understand the whole point of unpopular opinion posts/memes, ironically downvoting because they don't like what's being said, many "unpopular opinion" (finger quotes doing some heavy lifting here) posts/memes are just absolute low effort, garbage hot-takes, or non-sense that are downvoted because their OP is unintentionally shit posting instead of shitposting.
removed by who? people can delete their own posts if their feelings get hurt. its gonna happen.
Part of the problem is just the way Lemmy serves content. If you're browsing All, it's not always immediately obvious what community a post belongs to, so someone is just scrolling along and sees a post title like "The protests in the USA are useless" or "Rich people aren't the reason for your suffering", and reacts negatively to it without considering the context it was posted in.
People don't post "unpopular opinions" because they're cowards who care too much about internet points. It's not a crime to be a coward but that's the reality of things. I mean, you won't even share your views in earnest in a pseudonymous forum?!
So...why post an unpopular opinion ? I mean why even bother ?
This isn't unpopular!
But meta so ok IMO
I haven't observed this issue. Can you provide examples?
Very meta. Have my upvote for posting this unpopular opinion. ππ