First of all I will say, I am not a believer in 'everybody should get an equal amount'. That would be ridiculous because some people put very little effort into what they do, while others put a great deal of effort. Though you also need to take into account the effort of engagement. Some people might make more on a post that took less effort to create simply because of the other efforts they have made to write thoughtful, encouraging, helpful comments to others in the community.
While I agree the initiation of the whale experiment was executed poorly since no one knew what the hell was going on and therefore it just seemed they were suddenly being attacked, I think the reason you've seen a change in the outlook of the experiment is not because they're in a crab mentality, it's because it is now understood, and people are excited about their voting power actually amounting to something.
Remember, before this began a lot of people were angry and upset over steemguild and whale autovoting, of the same people being in the top trending regardless of the quality of their content.
I have almost exactly the same amount of people voting on my stuff as before, the only difference is I no longer receive the whale votes...and my last two posts have made three times as much as before. Because the people who read/support my posts have voting power that is worth more than before and they upvote at a hundred percent rather than the autowhale votes that were at a much smaller percent, plain and simple.
I wish that you would have written a post about something else, I would have been happy to send you steem. But this unfortunately just feels like you've taken on a negative mindset that you not only don't wish to change, but you also want to spread. I think people have grown weary of feeling negative about steemit, with one drama after another for a month, and having a change right now is just what most people needed to renew their faith in the platform.
I would actually say that crab mentality applies more to people who find change difficult, who don't like to have things shaken up a bit.

On a personal note, I would challenge you to alter your experiment by writing a post that has nothing whatsoever to do with your feelings about steemit, but rather something that you enjoy and then ask what you've asked in this post. I know I for one would send you steem if you did that.