across lemmy??? I would say its the opposite with strong pushes one way from some and another by others and even some downright central and nuanced.

all the data is public in lemvotes

not all, its defederated from .ml for example

However if you're an admin on any instance you can still freely see votes

I don’t think you’re a heretic but I do think Linux is the only OS I trust to respect me and my privacy.

Hehe. I do that too. :]

Of course you are correct.
My point is that its a mistake to assume you know what's going on with a downvote.

And what of the Debian Heretics with their deviant Trixie?
What shall we do with them?

Hmm. Interesting. But I act as if my actions are completely public in all places in Lemmy.
Really. I've been using this nick for 35 years. I've published a few things.
Wouldn't be too hard to track me down and make my life hell. It would be best if that doesn't happen.
I don't hold back with my feedback to idiots online, but I avoid crusaders, and carefully consider my downvotes.

Just cite any hard data on an issue, like population numbers, or economic stuff.

If it challenges or disproves someone's point, they will claim it's a lie, and/or report you for trolling.

That or they will go find some other data that is biased to show you how 'wrong' you are or claim it's all part of a 'conspiracy'. Because the US census is a conspiracy.

Linux doesn't respect you. It's a computer operating system.

MS DOS also respected your privacy. And you can use Windows/Mac without the internet.