Loads of words of wisdom in there, thanks a bunch for sharing. Reading a bit more about the whaleshares and the Random Whales Vote Initiative brought back some more thinking about to the surface... I figure by the time groups of people curating different styles of contents as well as different content in itself, they might be even more prone to dropping in some extra rewards for the deserving ones. further more, as you said and underlined so well, maybe they are also keeping extra strength in order to make sure the direction of the platform won't lose sight of what we are building here.
Thanks a bunch for another excellent piece, namaste :)