Yeah and if that's what they see and/ or believe, that's okay. Like I said, I do not care about down nor upvotes. I disabled it and pay no attention to it at all (it means nothing anyway). I stick to the opinion, I have and others do so as well. That's about it, I guess.
Down and upvotes are fictional. Exit or stop using a platform that has it and then the up/downvotes has no influence. Besides that, the down/vote up on Lemmy does not restrict the user in any way.
Wow, I did not know that. Thanks for pointing that out /s