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No, looks like it's a global setting. If your instance doesn't allow it, you're not allowed to downvote anywhere.
Can a person outside of instance with disabled downvotes downvote stuff on that instance?
No, that's what I was trying to explain. If downvotes are disabled on your instance, you can't downvote anything anywhere on any instance.
I'm asking for the opposite, if your instance allows you to downvote stuff then can you downvote stuff that's on instances that don't allow them?
Yeah, like beehaw. I can downvote stuff on beehaw, tried it just to see if I can.
But, I don't think they can see the downvotes.