As a newbie here in Steemit I came across few times with the fact which you so nicely reported - whales hanging (voting and caring only for each other) with whales. Somewhere along the line the great community spirit got broken. The massive influx of new accounts might well be from the likes of “go there (Steemit) and post post post and you earn tons of money...don’t know for sure but just my two Steem cents. But hey, everyone here is a banker :) so it’s all good...still :)

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