yep they don't value it, a lot of it is due to this whole stigma around downvotes and some treating it like it's the end of the world and whoever does it is an awful evil person even if they have the best intentions around it. I don't know where that stems from but looking at the defenders on goodbye posts of accounts like freecompliments it's easy to see how easy it is to shun those trying to do good with downvotes while taking the easy route and protecting anyone who gets downvoted no matter the actual reasons and how they've been getting scammed for years by the very person they're siding with in that post.
It's time we normalize downvotes and while I may no fully agree with some of your delegatee's downvotes I welcome the initiative as long as it's done in good spirits.