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Unpopular Opinion · 2 days ago

Actually unpopular opinions are downvoted, so why bother?

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Actually unpopular opinions are downvoted, so why bother?

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Unpopular Opinion · 2 days ago

Perhaps it should be named “unconventional opinions that I still agree with”? Or perhaps “lol lets see what opinion they post now” (to be fair, the WHY ARE YOU BOOING ME? I’M RIGHT is sort of this)?

People are just upvoting and downvoting what they agree and disagree with, so it basically comes off as a trap to get things to laugh at - which it isn’t even good at. Should people not be voting on “yes, this is something that is genuinely unpopular”?

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This is an extremely popular opinion.
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  I agree, hence I’ve downvoted.
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    If you believe it is, totally legit according to the pretext, you guys did your part.
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      I’m doing my part.

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