If someone is an ass or a troll, you should NOT engage with them. Just downvote and move on
this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2024
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A downvote isn't meant to communicate anything to you. It's communicating that they don't recommend your comment. It's a function of the system we use. Feeling entitled to a justification is karenish.
There are actually a lot of people who lurk on these sorts of platforms and don't really have a desire to engage with us.
Yes, sure. But there are exceptions like here in /c/unpopularopinion for example. The guideline for this community says:
Vote the opposite of the norm.
If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it’s something that’s widely accepted, give it an arrow down
Since my post has 70 downvotes now this would mean that most people think that this is a popular opinion. But somehow I get the feeling that this is not what most people wanted to communicate.
You and I seem to have a different idea of what a Karen is. To me, a Karen is one of those people that has to relentlessly give their unsolicited opinion, relentlessly demand or relentlessly complain
Arguably, by you explaining why you're downvoting and you demanding explanations of others' downvotes seems to be more Karen-like behavior than those who just downvote and move on
Downvote without explanation...that is what is mean. Is that any helpful? Probably not. What I mean is that an explanation is needed to make any argument. There is no point in just saying no. If it were so I could say that you are wrong about gravity. That is what Trump thives on.
This is an incredibly unpopular opinion. Very well done
I think so too, although according to the guidelines of this community the many downvotes that this post has racked up should actually indicate that it is a popular opinion. Maybe people haven't read the guideline and downvoted because they don't like the statement. I can only guess since only one person explained in the comments why he had downvoted the post (he was of the opinion that this is a popular opinion).
Unpopular opinion has always had the problem of Unpopular opinions being downvoted. Luckily on lemmy downvotes aren't punishing
the karen insult has been out of phase since two years ago. Catch up. And nobody owes you a conversation or their time. Especially when you try manipulative trigger shit like this. You’ll end up on block lists everywhere. Enjoy your dead air.
I posted an opinion that I thought was unpopular on lemmy to /c/unpopularopinion. I don't really get what is wrong with that. I'm sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings or offended someone.
Except every post is downvoted for some reason
Sometimes..
But sometimes one is just being gaslit.
It's a spectrum, not a binary-decision.
There is some truth in what you said.
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