For those who aren’t familiar, r/changemyview (CMV), is a subreddit similar to this one (and its reddit counterpart) where posts are made with the intention of counter-arguments being made in the comments below.

Do you think that this community should function similarly? Where OPs are expected to receive counter-arguments for their unpopular opinions? Or do you think this community should only be for expressing those opinions in a safe space?

  • mommykinkOP
    10•8 months ago

    Personally, I prefer the CMV strategy. Obviously, it would be possible to just create a CMV page here, but I’ve argued in the past about how fractured Lemmy communities are before and would hate to contribute to the problem.

    I like being given the chance to argue against actually unpopular opinions (read: not just two-sentence ragebait posts). I think it keeps threads more active than other communities, and on a more personal note, I just enjoy good-intentioned debate with opposing views. But I also acknowledge that this isn’t entirely the purpose of Unpopular Opinion (or the original subreddit that we’re based on).

    • fᵣₑfᵢ
      5•8 months ago

      I actually really like this idea, but the mods aren’t practically non-existent on this community. I think only the way they’d see this post is if someone reports it.

      Edit: oops, I forgot that I think you can tag people, but I’m not sure because never tag anyone