I use Lemmy a lot to debate or read other people's perspectives. While content is more important than the vote count, I'm still interested to see what are (un)popular opinions here (knowing that it definitely doesn't represent the general public!).
Unfortunately, seeing the votes immediately also increases your bias towards posts or comments, so it may have a negative impact on on your individual free thinking.
An ideal compromise for me would be to see how other people voted, but only after I voted myself.