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Community Update: Effective Immediately, We are Rebranding as "Popular Opinions" (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by admiralpatrick@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
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Since the world is so depressing right now, the mod team has agreed to rebrand this community as "Popular Opinions" to try to lighten the mood.

Instead of than sharing opinions that highlight our differences, share the ones that everyone can agree on.

The voting guidelines remain the same: Upvote if you agree it's a popular opinion, downvote if you think it's an unpopular opinion.

So, let's hear some things we can all get on board with!

In conclusion, happy April Fool's Day!

Note: This is a real rule change and will be enforced, but only for today as a fun change of pace. Normal rules return tomorrow.

Since we're all on differen timezones, we'll be running these rules midnight to 23:59 UTC.

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[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

I have no idea whether to upvote this or not.

[-] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

It's still the 31st of March here so I was super confused for a moment lol

[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Yeah, timezones are annoying when you want to do something for a specific day. Figured going by UTC would make the most sense.

It's still March for me as well haha.

[-] emmanuel_car@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

I wish I’d seen this before downvoting popular opinions in my feed

[-] robolemmy@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Popular opinion: I fscking hate the 1st of April. It’s not funny anymore. Stahp

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 points 7 months ago

You should change the community name for the duration.

[-] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

We did discuss that, but figured it might be too confusing. Plus, with the federation delays that were happening yesterday, didn't want to take the risk.

Just assume the new signage isn't here yet lol

[-] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

You should change it to my opinions, because they are correct and popular because I believe them

[-] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago

I don't believe you

[-] 3volver@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

I'm not following this rule, just posted an unpopular opinion.

this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2024
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Unpopular Opinion

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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)

  • 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.

Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/

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