What is interesting is that when you get into some of the trending posts, the whales are there commenting...they are select when they do it, but they are doing it.
Mostly their comments tend to be on bigger, site/blockchain related issues. I saw there was a todo over downvoting which got comments from many of the major hitters.
Nevertheless, you bring up a valid point...minnows should just upvote for a few weeks to get the feel of things.....
I think it makes sense that they comment primarily on the bigger posts, because those posts are predominantly written by those people that have been around a while - their old friends
I comment predominantly on posts from people I know through communities such as thealliance or theunmentionables. A year or 18 months ago, when the site was much smaller, I imagine it effectively was one single community in the same way, and so these people have grown with it and maintained their original relationships
The communities give us an opportunity to turn back the clock
Cheers