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Good question. A "Whale" is what the community calls someone with a high amount of Steem Power. Their votes have a lot more influence than "minnow" or "dolphin" votes. You can see more about that here https://steemwhales.com/

Thanks Luke as always! Now, interestingly enough, hasn't the Hard fork implemented today effected this dramatically?

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