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Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago

Mods shouldn't delete unpopular opinions just because they're controversial

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Mods shouldn't delete unpopular opinions just because they're controversial

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Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago

Isn’t that very literally the point of the sub?

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This sub as well as the Shower Thoughts one are often over-moderated, in my experience. I believe people actually report posts that they don’t think qualify for whatever dumb personal reason, and then mods cave.

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