I think the wordcloud accurately reflects the sentiment of the network. Everyone is trying to learn about steemit, upvotes, power of votes, whales and which parts of the day or which people influence content most

I can see it coming to a state of being 'external content driven' rather than steemit centric in the coming months. Once the steemit price and growth is less volatile, we'll reach calmer waters where minnows and dolphins take over the role of whales in guiding the ship.