It would be interesting to have a user setting on Lemmy to view only the votes from your instance. This way, you can have a unique experience depending on the instance you are in, as there are instances that cater to different audiences. For example, the instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ is for piracy, while programming.dev is for programmers. By viewing only the votes from your instance, you can see how the feed changes for those instances. This feature would add more personalization to the user experience on Lemmy and make it more engaging for users.
Personally I have turned off votes, don’t need them and don’t want them. They only increase brigading and reasonable posts being downvoted to oblivion just because someone didn’t agree with the content.
Youtube mindset actually