this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2024
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Unpopular Opinion

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Now, before you tell me "this is a popular opinion wtf!", realize that this would get deleted on Reddit pretty quickly.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That's a fairly popular opinion.

I will attempt to enhance the unpopularity of your opinion, by saying that in addition, mods that dont actively contribute to the communities they moderate, are likely in it just for the power dynamic they hold. That applies to Lemmy as well.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Eh, I'm a mod here and contribute. I just typically don't use my mod account unless I need tap the sign.

[–] z00s 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] admiralpatrick 7 points 7 months ago
[–] Psychodelic 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wow, that was so brave dude. Try this one:

I think mods are valuable members of the community and I bet most are super chill and care a great deal about seeing their community grow and thrive.

[–] lemann 5 points 7 months ago
[–] over_clox 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait, I'm not sure whether to upvote or downvote this post.

Either way, you're not wrong.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Upvote if you consider it unpopular

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Now, before you tell me "this is a popular opinion wtf!", realize that this would get deleted on Reddit pretty quickly

The crux of this type of community. The popular opinion on Lemmy could be somewhere else's unpopular opinion and vice versa.

Considering Lemmy is the smaller site, it stands to reason our collective opinion is the minority of a lot of other places.

[–] admiralpatrick 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The crux of this type of community. The popular opinion on Lemmy could be somewhere else's unpopular opinion and vice versa.

Yeah, that's why we added the optional guideline to tag opinions as generally unpopular or unpopular on Lemmy. Quite often, those are two very different things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait... There are tags? I don't think they display on the app I use.

[–] admiralpatrick 3 points 7 months ago

Not real tags, just [Tag] in the post title.

e.g. [General] Cheerios are the Best Cereal

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Nah, even on Reddit most people despise the moderators.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Hey everyone! Here’s my unpopular opinion:

“Reddit sucks!”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago
[–] j4k3 1 points 7 months ago

Being a Lemmy moderator is like a peeping hole to watch the Admins work magic.