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Vote the opposite of the norm.
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Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesnβt provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
I wouldn't say thats an unpopular opinion. It's kinda like saying "This rusty razor blade is better than this pile of dog shit".
Technically you're right. The rusty razor blade might have SOME use to be gained from it. But it's clearly seen better days, and is currently decaying.
Whereas twitter is just dog shit.
Maybe not an unpopular opinion on Lemmy, but it is unpopular to say so irl because of the bad reputation of Reddit
Twitter is literally owned by a Nazi though
In the same sense that chlamydia is much better than syphilis.
You seem to be unaware of the amount of hate people have for Elon Musk, who bought and reshaped Twitter into π, directing its nowβpretty alt-right culture.
Oh forgot about that creep owning Twitter, yeah now my post seems really pointless
Well, for how much they hate it, Lemmy sure likes reposting Tweets.
Itβs a good chunk of the posts I see in New Comments or Active.
Twitter ... got invaded by 4Chan mentally unstable losers and edgelords.
I mean, yeah? A mentally unstable edgelord loser bought the platform several years ago and remade it in his unstable, edgelord image. Every other complaint you have about Twitter is explained by that.
They're both raging dumpster fires run by money grubbing soulless monsters. Why would you expect either of them to be any good?
How does Reddit get money from people tho?
Have you been on reddit lately? Their terrible mobile app that you have to use now is overrun with ads. They also have paid membership options, sponsored content that no one actually wants to read etc.
Ads and sponsored content; the same as most everything on the internet. Not to mention the award flairs they sell. π€¦ββοΈ
You're not forced to pay for any of that tho, I'd think only gigachuds would actually pay for a Reddit flair π
Not an unpopular opinion, as twitter is the bottom of the barrel/
"X is so much better than Twitter" would be popular for any value of X.
Since when has twitter been more popular than reddit?
Since forever? Everyone irl knows Twitter, that's where all the celebrities are commenting their opinions and it's where all the controversies used to start. Why would you think Reddit is at that level?