Or you could be incredibly wrong. And it can be hard to differentiate between the whether you're ahead of your time, or just wrong.
> I think there should be rewards for getting highly downvoted comments that aren't mean (but are constructive but express an unpopular opinion).
It's just as easy to express a viewpoint that sounds smart but is absolutely ridiculous. Some unpopular opinions are actually nonsensical, others have merit but people just don't want to accept the ideas. That's the issue with the karma system: people decide the merit, and people can't differentiate between the two unless they're incredibly open minded - most people aren't.
> I think there should be rewards for getting highly downvoted comments that aren't mean (but are constructive but express an unpopular opinion).
It's just as easy to express a viewpoint that sounds smart but is absolutely ridiculous. Some unpopular opinions are actually nonsensical, others have merit but people just don't want to accept the ideas. That's the issue with the karma system: people decide the merit, and people can't differentiate between the two unless they're incredibly open minded - most people aren't.