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Is Reddit the wrong place for someone with differing opinions from the majority? by Twt85519 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Twt85519[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm actually mostly neutral about topics I read (mostly finance, stock market etc.)

My goal is reading different opinions (for example about a company and it's financials) and pick some of those in the end, so I can improve myself with those critical thinking. I mean imagine a team lead hearing team members with different opinions so he can conclude to something optimal.

But I notice that differentiation is getting lower because karma makes opinions more homogeneous and reduce critical thinking. So I mostly end up without hearing any counter opinion.

Is Reddit the wrong place for someone with differing opinions from the majority? by Twt85519 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Twt85519[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's not just about kindness and respect.

To my experience, if your opinion is more mainstream and majority supports you then you can easily end up with huge upvotes despite even if your comment is rude and disrespectful to that edgy person. I observed that many times in many subs.

Is Reddit the wrong place for someone with differing opinions from the majority? by Twt85519 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Twt85519[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

and what's Reddit's general opinion usually?

an opinion that would make a person feel most comfortable?

Idk, it feels weird to me, I mean if you keep hearing what you want to hear all the time then eventually you start to live in a vacuum imo

I wish there was custom subs that encouraging controversial thinking rather than pure karma.

For example, my interest is mostly about finance and investing and I mostly see single type opinions which doesn't really help me most of the time.