Precisely as I suspected - power networks form and are incredibly hard to "unseat".
No new blood, just expanding empires of influence.
Shake up the network and truly decentralize the system - but I doubt any change of that magnitude will be attempted.
Welcome to the real world mirrored in the individual fiefdoms of the Steemit elite.
it is hard to unseat, but not impossible. Let me give you an example. Minnowsupport have a witness in the top 30 followbtcnews. how many minnows have go through minnow support 5000? Minnow support do an out reach on discord, which is very effective and educational.
@guiltyparties above says
" One pumpkin with its 15k mv is 15,000 minnow accounts with just a few hundred SP each"
Communities like minnowsupport and hopefully one day #bisteemit and #steemitbc will be able to reach 15,000 minnows. I have a lot of faith in that
I would love to have 5000 minnow's vote my witness :) lol
All kidding aside, great work ,as always @paulag You do such a wonderful job getting this data and sharing and it's invaluable
Well you do have my vote :-) and I am sure you have the votes of many many more minnows too.