Quite a delicate stuff. I'd say it can be really painful to lose rewards you've already gotten and it is also painful to watch someone else lose too. But @smooth's reason is a good reason for a post to be downvoted. Having more rewards than the post is worth is a good reason for it's rewards to be reduced by downvotes. The question that should be asked rather is: was the post really not worthy of the said rewards?

That is the only question that should be asked because we surely all agree that having more rewards than a post is worth is a good reason for it's rewards to be reduced using downvotes. If good analysis is carried out and the post is shown to be worthy of the said rewards only then can it be said that @smooth is wrong. Also, @smooth still has to explain why he thinks the post was not worthy of said rewards, not like an accused summoned by the courts but like a fellow friendly community member who loves everyone and is happy to promote the family spirit we've all been happy to try and build on hive.