It would be a community consensus, if not one single wale downvote would be able to void hundreds (even thousands in some cases) votes of less invested people.
(Also 'reputation' on HIVE has nothing to do with knowledge, expertise or real reputation. If you have the right friends, you can farm as much as you wish every singly day and become a 'reputation' leader.) :)

Some users just use downvotes to silence 'opponents' with different opinion, often by permantly flagging every single post of their victioms automatically without even reading them.
In my eyes that is nothing else than the law of the jungle (the strongest / the one with the biggest wallet).
Hive is an oligarchy where the biggest accounts stem from 2016 and fed their pockets by either early mining or bidbot use. The top witnesses are (more or less the same since these days). In a vivid democracy 'government' would change way more often.

These facts are the reason why I will never seriously invest into HIVE.