Blahaj Lemmy Meta

Is it possible to have no downvotes on Blahaj, but do have downvotes on federated communities?

This would give Blahaj users the same perception of federated communities as other instances have and give us a safe space in Blahaj. It also means we can sort federated communities like normal and see what everyone else sees, while still having downvotes nonexistent in Blahaj communities.

I've never really wanted downvotes in Blahaj, but I've worried about not having them for other instances. It feels like I'm not on a "level playing field" when I can be downvoted by others on a federated communities, but can't downvote anything myself. I'm also worried that with downvotes = 1/5, it would result in a skewed perspective of federated communities if Blahaj sorts federated communities that way too.

I don't know what the code looks like (yet?) but I feel like denying downvotes only on local communities wouldn't be a hard change to make.

Edit: I also wouldn't mind if downvotes were 1/5 on Blahaj but 1=1 on federated communities, but I can see that being a harder change to make.

Edit 2: if this is a straightforward change I wouldn't mind implementing it when I have time. I have some familiarity with Rust, TS, and JS so it wouldn't be difficult to jump into.