

A lot of people see an upvote as a signal that they endorse the message, or at least want it to spread.
A downvote is the opposite of that.
You’ll never convince people not to “shoot the messenger” on link aggregators because it’s antithetical to their view of the system.
I only see the first of the comparison images linked here. The line of identical symbols inside squares is pretty convincing.
The second image contains lines of text copied verbatim, and is undeniable.
https://bsky.app/profile/antire.al/post/3lpa4gamtzs2l