Unpopular Opinion
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Vote the opposite of the norm.
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- If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
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/
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Are you the one then who gatekeeps who is allowed to be a gatekeeper, and whether something is acceptable? An example: I really like the aesthetic of upside-down 5 pointed stars. Is there some sort of meaning and history behind them? Don’t know. Am I allowed to like them? Or should I feel shame for not looking up the symbolism in everything that I like? Do I really need to educate myself on the occult in order to like something that might hold meaning to someone else?
Purity tests for fandoms are gross. No one, save for those who take these things way too seriously, cares about how hardcore you are.
Great unpopular opinion!
Being a gatekeeper isn't to be treated like its some unpaid employment. But, what would actually help in that example scenario, is if there is a universal agreement among the more knowledgeable members about what makes exactly what within a community or fandom. There can be a few branches to help weed out those from the fakers and the authentic members and there can be a level-support system to help measure up to.
Like to the example I used about religious symbolism, to expand on, do you necessarily have to practice magic to be a wiccan? Not precisely. There are other ways or methods that you could pledge yourself to, to be a Wiccan, it doesn't have to always be about practicing magic although these days it is stereotyped. Though there are Wiccans who do practice magic, so where would they be? They'd be gatekeepers but only a subset, a portion in their own little spot. So, there is them and then there is another subset of people within the community that would be there to be there for those that help those identifying as Wiccan to educate them that 'nah, you don't always have to practice magic'.
It just goes by layers but there will be established layers that all are supposed to help filter a community from those falsely representing it.
Yeah no. Great post though!