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Oh? The answer requested by the OP is purely subjective. There is no right answer. Each of our answers is right for us, which is why the OP asked "Why are you personally...".
There is no objectively right answer here, therefore all personal opinions are valid.
your supposition that there's no commercial interests here is incorrect. just because it hasn't manifested yet doesn't mean it isn't lurking beneath the surface.
I think the most recent "polish canadian girl" campaign was quite effective and displayed exactly what it was supposed to do.
the NSFW lemmy instance is growing in numbers most recently due to the purge happening at Reddit. those posts are very much economic in nature.
also, there's strong corporatist agendas on lemmy. sure, there is plenty of political theater and grandstanding made by bots and fools alike but in reality...those can easily sway a nation.
so yes, I'll admit that your opinion is "valid", but it's also unwarranted, baseless, and circumstantial based entirely upon your own limited point of view. that's not your fault though, it's your opinion.
it's funny, opinions, everyone has one about something or someone. but really, we never stop to think, "Does anybody really care about this?"
I sure don't, I just wanted to extended a bit of "friendly" courtesy to point out the hypocrisy in your own words. In one breath you celebrate the freedom that comes from being unrestrained by vote count--and in the other your unabashedly chastise someone for daring to downvote your opinion and in turn sharing their opinion of your opinion.
Don't worry, I swear I won't form a complex opinion of you that's too harsh. you certainly haven't said anything that would warrant a strong opinion anyway.
Wait, are you agreeing with me that commercial interested doesn't exist yet? I'm making no claims about the future of it.
You're framing what occurred incorrectly. The OP is calling for vote transparency, as in ownership of the upvote or downvote to the person casting it. I'm saying that the ownership of the upvote or downvote is irrelevant. I'm proving my point because I don't care who cast the downvote on my post.
It would be hypocrisy if I was claiming that knowing the ownership of the upvote/downvote doesn't matter, and if I then demanded to know who downvoted me. I'm doing not such thing. I celebrate the anonymity of the downvoter. I just don't put any stock in their downvote, which is my entire point that upvote/downvote ownership knowledge isn't required or desired by me. Even if you disagree with my opinion, which you're welcome to, its consistent and without hypocrisy .
I'm a rando on the internet to you. I am very glad you don't put enough stock in anything anyone says on a random message board that would cause you any strong feelings positive or negative.