Why can’t the downvote feature just be invisible?

It’s used to curate our feeds, right? So why should anyone other than the downvoter have to see it? What’s the point in making users feel like their content isn’t welcome?

*Edit*
Thank you everyone who commented to help me understand this situation! Unfortunately I’ve always been a little naive in the way I try to see the best in people. I do that to a fault and gave the admins the benefit of the doubt. So I was stumped when I saw this built in tool we could see specifically made to put people down. The excuse they gave was curating our feed, but that didn’t add up. If that was truly the point, then we wouldn't need to see it. You all helped point out that seeing it makes it an advertisement and tempts people to buy VIP so they can see who specifically downvoted. In other words, this harmful feature to the SW community that promotes, drama, trolling, and makes people feel bad is done purely for the sake of them profiting off your pain. It makes sense when you view it like this. Sad to see my reason for leaving was and still is justified.

SW-User

I never understood what its purpose was to begin with.

If content breaks rules or laws, you can report it.
If you dont want to see a post, you can hide it.
If you don't want to see any of a particular user's posts, you can mute or block them.

I don't see the point.

Reject · 31-35, M

@SW-User You’re right! It doesn’t make any sense and typically when something is confusing, you can be sure of one thing. Someone did something for selfish reasons. After reading these comments I realized it’s just another way for them to make money. It’s genuinely harmful to the community here, but not enough to pass up on the extra money.