Well currently(and it’s been this way for almost 2 years) users over level 6 can see who uses downvoted, now I understand this is a foreign concept for a lot of users of platforms like this. The idea behind it is to discourage targeted downvoting so if someone wants to mass downvote a user they are accountable for it. We thought when we made it that way it would discourage retaliatory downvotes, and so far it has really worked. Always open to thoughts on the subject though.

Yes, every one can see your downvotes. If you click "voting details" or "details" the usernames of anyone that downvoted is listed.

Do I understand it correctly

Not quite.

Idea #1 will let you see a list of who downvoted your posts/comments, sorted by the most recent to the oldest downvote.

Idea #2 will let you see a list of all the post/comment downvotes casted on Poal, sorted by the most recent to the oldest downvote.

Also, Poal has an algorithm that cancels targeted downvotes and brigading, but for the sake of transparency we would think users deserve to know if they are getting brigaded, especially since downvotes are already public for level 6+ poalrs (post/comment details).