Perhaps it should be named “unconventional opinions that I still agree with”? Or perhaps “lol lets see what opinion they post now” (to be fair, the WHY ARE YOU BOOING ME? I’M RIGHT is sort of this)?
People are just upvoting and downvoting what they agree and disagree with, so it basically comes off as a trap to get things to laugh at - which it isn’t even good at. Should people not be voting on “yes, this is something that is genuinely unpopular”?
Upvotes/downvotes dont matter on this site. Its not like reddit where downvotes limit how much you can comment and upvotes are required to participate in communities.
Its dumb that people cant upvote opinoins they disagree with but it is what it is. Maybe the OP should post a comment saying Agree and a comment saying disagree so only the people who bothered to open the thread can vote.
They still effect visibility under most post sorting options, lower scored things display lower. Matters in a minor way for scrolling through the subscribed feed.