Just found this now and I'm definitely glad for it, i live in New Zealand which is like 9 hours different from est i think so it always seems like the big posts go down when I'm not around.
That said I've only been here for 3 days, but yeah i did notice these patterns too so it's great to see an experienced user lay all the cards on the table.
I'll be checking out that steem slack too since i didn't really know what that was, not to teach but to learn.
Thanks for the info us nightwalkers gotta stick together.