If it is not personal, a few seconds should sufice to check "questionable" posts and determine if they deserve to be downvoted or not.
Downvotes can work as a powerful censorship tool. It discourages people, especially those working hard to earn the confidence of curators, only to find themselves in the middle of a senseless war which, like all wars only harm.
If we truly want to make Hive something better than mainstream social media, powerful tools like the downvote must be used fairly and wisely. Otherwise, what would be the difference between an angry or vindictive whale and a dictator?