My stats as of this reply:
STEEM Power: 451.99 + 27.6 (delegated)
VESTs: 930,985

Hey look! I'm more powerful! Why should I be more powerful since I didn't add value?

The answer:

I did add value. I'm sure there are a couple of ways I've added value, but the most obvious one is this: I just injected money into the system. Someone, somewhere was able to take the STEEM they powered down and convert it into Bitcoin which they can then convert into USD/GBP/EUR all because I wanted to demonstrate that even something that doesn't seem valuable, is valuable.

No worries. You'll get used to it and it won't bother you :). Now, I'm going to upvote your post and all the comments on it with my new found power. 😎