I think what people get wrong is that any statement that would get downvotes in other communities must necessarily get upvotes in this one. That's not how it works.

"Pizza tastes better without cheese" is an unpopular opinion.

"I think we should all pee on people whenever we feel like it" is just the ramblings of an insane person. It's unpopular sure, but it's insane. It's trivial to make these.

"I dislike x race" is just racist. It can also be unpopular but if it were allowed this community would just be a racist community.

This isn't an unpopular opinion, it doesn't make it a right one though. For example I have no incentive to upvote this.

I think the most upvoted ones tend to be unpopular ones that are funny in some way, or ones that provoke interesting discussion (regardless of if it's popular).

Downvoted to help your case 🫡

I think we need to downvote this to hell.

Controversial is the best way to sort for unpopular opinions that may have some validity.

Even in an unpopular opinion community it’s always the generic circle jerk popular opinions that rise to the top.

Unsure if meta post, or actual opinion; probably both.

Sometimes I feel like "Hot Takes" would be a more appropriate name for this community

I feel like I'm taking sane pills!

Yeah. That usually tends to be the case.

Agreed

I posted an opinion about blockchain technology and it got downvoted which is exactly representative of the sentiment. Truly unpopular opinions here get downvoted.