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What were you ahead on the curve of in hating? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by ManlickerM2001@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In my case I've hated Harry Potter, skinny jeans and Tesla long before that became popular to do.

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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It encourages hot takes over nuance, or awkward workarounds like replying to your own post a bunch of times if you actually have something to say.

I still think it's a terrible idea for something like that to be popular and have an important role in society, though its addition of images and video mitigate the problems a bit. I don't know whether it significantly impacted the platform's success and eventual sale price. $44B is a lot of money, so I can't say it was a terrible decision from the perspective of its creators.