Got my first downvote!!

nope @EvilEmma

@DoubleRings @EvilEmma a user ran a test recently...asked others to down vote a post to see if he could see the downvotes. After a couple, his post disappeared from the feed and he could see he had 10 total. I believe down votes take away from a person's reputation... making them less visible to others.
That is how it works on other sites.

@SW-User There’s no consequences from SW to the receiver of downvotes - that info was posted by SW themselves. Whether or not it starts to filter the feed of the downvote user I am not sure but it’s possible and for that matter makes sense.

@DoubleRings If you down vote a post or comment and they become less visible, what do you think happens when one account gets down voted more? Remember, SW admins mentioned reputations and such...

@SW-User I don’t wanna argue.

Here’s the link

https://similarworlds.com/groups/admin-announcements/4015628-Some-clarifications-about-the-Downvote

@DoubleRings I don't want to argue either. This is from your link
5) The downvote does have a slight impact on your account reputation, but that impact is VERY negligible. If you maintain a much higher amount of good reactions, versus the amount of downvotes, your account will NEVER suffer any consequences. Only accounts who have more downvotes than good reactions are the ones that will be really impacted. 😊

With that, let's just each interpret that as we see fit.