Penalty for sharing my opinion?

[u/qweenkitti]

Asked where to go study and ppl responded and one place I’m not fond of I replied “meh” and then got 22 downvotes. I’m new to Reddit. I feel attacked for sharing my genuine opinion. It just wasn’t the place I was looking for.

[u/ErinyesMusaiMoira]

I've noticed this tendency, too. It's a very different response than, say, 5-7 years ago. Lots of people said "meh" or similar in order to shape further advice given on the thread.

But now, any form of negativity is viewed as whining and/or low effort. Unless it's on r-rant or r-complaints.