Which is the bigger problem for you? The fact that @abit and @smooth downvote or the fact that payouts (on aceh tag) have become lower?
If the linear rewards fork happens, it may be worse for aceh tag, since they are often whale supported. I'm not sure how I feel about this myself (I also upvote Aceh posts, but I am no whale). Hopefully however there will be more rewards available for everyone via comments, with HF17.
I'm not sure if that will be the case. With a less-superlinear reward curve, people from Aceh wouldn't have to rely on whale accounts for any payout at all. They could even have a more meaningful impact voting on each other's posts.
Before the last few days there were frequent posts in the aceh tag in the area of $40. Now the top posts are around $4 to $6. The price has fallen but not that far, most of that drop is due to the decreased influence of larger players. The increased influence of smaller players doesn't seem to have compensated for it.
Not just about that, my friend... You wanna see this:
https://steemdb.com/@abit/votes