I'm going to reply just this once and then drop off the thread.

No one is "taking away" anything. The rewards are not calculated until the payout after 7 days. Everything before that is a voting process with an estimated payout. If one stakeholder upvotes a lot and then another stakeholder downvotes a lot, it is disingenuous to suggest that the upvote is legitimate and the downvote is not. It's all a voting process that arrives at consensus for the payout (if any) after 7 days. In this case, a payout that is still enormous relative to the platform.

That's my view and if you disagree, that's fine. Vote accordingly.