@snowflake thank you for writing this post. I really appreciate it, because now I believe I'm more understanding of why and how whales operate.
As much bashing as there are for whales like yourself who chooses to NOT UPVOTE due to the incentives, you did what you believe is right that is to explain why you choose to do what you did - Many Steemians might not understand this, but it is by understanding why this phenomenon is occurring that we can improve the system to be better.
Seriously, we must build a system that serves both the users who are here to make money and users who are here genuinely for the platform - we can't survive and grow without each other.
Listen, listen, listen. Everyone is so busy talking about what they think is right that no one is willing to listen to what is really happening around us.