It's the lack of "valuable" upvotes

Correct.

You've gotta b doing OK with the rake on the new buy-in tournaments at least?

There is no rake account, it simply reduces the payouts.

Have you considered lowering the payouts to 20 SBD from 30 SBD?

We did that last week on the tourneys we ended up canceling this week.

Or modifying the payout structures so a 50 person tournament pays fewer than 19 winners (as an example)?

We had this setup in place until recently. Players seem to prefer the new larger payout structure and it gives more people chips for buyin games.

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions!