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This sounded off, so I checked the docs.

…downvote posts so that they are less likely to be seen.

https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/03-votes-and-ranking.html

It promotes downvoted posts?

As much as I wish votes could be private, obfuscating them would make troll instances harder to notice. I think I hate it the most that the current model gives the illusion of being private, when it isn’t.

They aren’t shown to users, no, but because votes are federated, they’re freely accessible to anyone willing to put in some effort. Set up a server and you’ll get access to the data.

If you go with something that isn’t lemmy/piefed/mbin, you should look into compatibility and project activity very carefully.

You’d have a hard time finding company that would just give you access to vps or managed instance for free. Running a server always costs someone money.

Not every judgmental asshole who hates the world is french.