I have seem some people do downvote but very few people. Reason for less downvotes are
Its human psychology to more like than dislike, if they dislike they just leave instead of down voting
Not enough votes, like me for e.g I have only 4 votes. I might not wanna use to down vote someone. Instead upvote and help some good content.
No spammy mails. Even though some looks spams, but on our platform yet I have't seen spam or fraud links so that I will downvote them.
thanks for the feedback!
you are right. the psychology of a downvote is rough. makes people feel like what they did isn’t valued. maybe it’s a way we need to approach it. brand of as something else.
(now that the dv button is GREEN instead of RED, the psychology of downvote has been reversed)