boolean column VS smallInteger column for storing likes/dislikes in MySQL

Hello

I have a question about 2 approaches of storing likes & dislikes in MySQL db

1. boolean

In this approach we will use true for likes and false for dislikes, if user wanna to remove his vote (unlike or undislike) we will delete record:

        Schema::create('likes', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->foreignId('user_id')->constrained()->cascadeOnDelete();
            $table->foreignId('recipe_id')->constrained()->cascadeOnDelete();
            $table->boolean('liked'); // 1 => like | 0 => dislike
            $table->timestamps();

            $table->unique(['user_id', 'recipe_id']);
        });

2. smallInteger

We will save the vote value in the vote field, where 1 will mean liked and -1 disliked. We will also set the value to 0 if a user removes any of the options.

        Schema::create('votes', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->foreignId('user_id')->constrained()->cascadeOnDelete();
            $table->foreignId('recipe_id')->constrained()->cascadeOnDelete();
            $table->smallInteger('vote');
            $table->timestamps();
        });

"It always depends", but I would like to get your feedback

Would be grateful for your opinion

Best regards