Absolutely agreed, @troglodactyl. This is becoming a community where value is placed on any and all content from specific individuals (the whales), where they could post just about anything including how many new followers they got yesterday (and get paid thousands to do it), - as opposed to the value of the content in general (who, may or may not, be from your average Steemian and receive little to no views / earnings). The solution to this?

Well, that one needs some deep thought.

Thanks for the write-up. Resteemed and upvoted.

Best Regards,
@abn