I think, it depends on the platform. The reason why many platform don’t show them is the constant negativity simply caused by different opinions.
40 people agree with your post, 60 don’t agree… I call that pluralism. But showing a -20 for example could motivate the person to delete their post, which leads to echo chambers.
My Lemmy instance does not show any downvotes by the way and I like it. If one disagrees with me, they can leave a comment.
I think, it depends on the platform. The reason why many platform don’t show them is the constant negativity simply caused by different opinions.
40 people agree with your post, 60 don’t agree… I call that pluralism. But showing a -20 for example could motivate the person to delete their post, which leads to echo chambers.
My Lemmy instance does not show any downvotes by the way and I like it. If one disagrees with me, they can leave a comment.