It appears no changes this year. Now, there's nobody stopping you from creating a [META] post asking for rule changes.
Until next year, have fun, and stay unpopular!
I think allowing politics would be a shit show. If it’s something a majority of folks really want I’d suggest starting with a dedicated day of the week.
Not a bad idea. I HATE politics (ignore the fact that I moderate politicalmemes), because it's always a fight.
I'd probably unsubscribe. Politics are so exhausting. That sounds like something that deserves it's own community: /UnpopularPoliticalOpinions
Hell no to politics. By the rules the most toxic takes on the fediverse would be getting upvoted to the front page here.
The hypothetical "Kamala would have been worse then Trump for the country" thread is already giving me pre-ptsd.
Hell no to all of the above.
i made #1 and i'm curious why not
I have always viewed a massive number of downvotes in the same way as a massive number of upvotes.
"mass downvoting" means blanket downvoting comments, not just a post getting too many downvotes
You mean like one account just blanket downvoting every comment?
Seems like it would be a pain to enforce with little benefit
pain to enforce? simply look at any OP comment that mods think was unfairly downvoted and put a downvoter's name into lemvotes
I specifically do not include politics in my Lemmy experience. I get enough of it everywhere else, and there are plenty of places to hear unpopular opinions about politics. Honestly, I would unsubscribe if that went away.
As for mass downviting, I see the appeal of a rule. There are some new voting options coming in 1.0 though, I'd hold off until those come and then revisit it.
what are those voting options?
Mass voting is inevitable when you get idiots just trying to farm...and for UO that's got to be easily 50%
I always remember a video years ago of some chick complaining that men look at her arse, all whilst turning her arse to the camera. And i find that effect a lot on places like this....dont look at my arse...but look at my arse. You can court the attention you created and call it what it is, or you can stop it. Simple.
politics - keep as is, its too oversaturated on fedi
Welcome to the Unpopular Opinion community!
How voting works:
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.
Guidelines:
Tag your post, if possible (not required)
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 doesn’t 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.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
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/