The reactions to most posts are overwhelmingly negative and critical. Ironically, posts to c/unpopularopinion tend to argue that they agree with the post, and are consequently more supportive.
I think itβs more that people like to be contrarian, more so now that a lot of Reddit has moved to Lemmy. If someone says they have an unpopular opinion, crowds of people will jump to say itβs not really unpopular; if someone posts a shower thought, it seems like you get a lot of responses contradicting the thought, or simply claiming itβs not a shower thought. TBF, there do seem to be a significant number of posts in c/showerthoughts that arenβt; like, long political posts, or whatnot.
Still, contrarian responses are becoming the norm.
