When you accumulate tokens before, it is considered a fortune because few are sharing the rewards pool thus payouts were big that time. So technically our vote value before is much higher than the current we have now since a lot of users have staked thus sharing the pool.
Anyway, congratulations for the success of your journey! :)
Because of high voting value, users like me abuse their power which is a big problem. Admins are giving their best to improve the community which I think will be considered one of the best community in a long-term run.