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And really, most of your other questions can be found by visiting @paulag's blog for her stats. In short, there are upcoming @haejin's and many tiny circlejerk rings.

I get daily messages from Steem.chat about vote for vote.

As for @dan, the history is carved into the blockchain, you can read about why he left.

As for why did whales, et al wait? Again, Witness voting distribution should have answered most of that question.

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