So making over $100 per post for ages was not enough? Your posts were not zeroed and you still made more than most. How many of your posts were downvoted by smooth? He's told you his reasons. I guess haejin will just move on to vote up someone else and you were fortunate to benefit from his vote that has nothing to do with post quality or what you may have done to build Hive. Note that others get the same downvotes and accept it as 'part of the game' as they still do well. It's not about knocking you down. That's what I think anyway.
I don't want you to leave, but maybe accept you've been lucky.