Like an alpha particle: very low penetrative power.

TORVALDS is a powerful Great Prince of Hell who has 618 legions of demons under his command. He gives true answers of all things past, present, and yet to come; he reveals the secrets and source of the kernel if asked; and he grants to the conjurer power and authority over devices and binds them to the conjurer’s will.

report bad faith posts

You’re supposed to report posts that break instance or community rules, not whatever you happen to consider to be “bad faith”. You can’t moderate based on intent, only actions, otherwise you’re asking for a thought police where only the popular opinion is permitted to exist.

Besides, even if your instance has disabled downvotes, other instances can still see them.

Depending on your sorting method, downvoted posts will be featured less favorably in list views. You will immediately know that a heavily downvoted post is not worth your attention. Some clients might let you filter displayed posts based on vote counts or up/down ratio.

Downvote and move on. Mute accounts and communities you don’t want to see. Curate your own feed. Simple as.