Oh yeah. My instance doesn’t allow downvotes, and will give you a warning when downvoting that it doesn’t count. And I would be like: what are you talking about, I didn’t do anything, and then I’d look and what do you know, I’d accidentally downvoted. It happens way more than I’d like to admit.
And you’re right, it really doesn’t matter if you get downvoted. It’s meaningless especially with a reasonable post like OP’s.
I find the contrast to be funny. Some of the interactions are friendly where people know each other and ask them how certain events in their personal lives went. Some are just nasty. There is no predicting what you’ll get, other than some decent active users that I’m familiar with.