Succinctly put! I don't agree with chasing away influencers either. My worry is that there are those at the top who don't need the fiat money, maybe they'd rather see a low price and maintain their influence?
Well, there's at least one person, I think it's obvious who I'm talking about!
I am sure some whales just enjoy the power they wield here. This is why we need more big accounts to balance things out. Those whales who want to see growth need to help out.
Unfortunately I don't think we're heading that way - I can't remember who said it, but we have two Big Kahunas here - who have got bigger, not smaller - I'm happy enough that at least blocktrades seems like a reasonable individual, Freedom seems reasonable, but I've no idea who Freedom is.
After those two, you need quite a gaggle of Whales to compete with their power!
We have some big orcas who troll the place too. Some of them are not making much as their posts get downvoted. We have lost a fair few big accounts since the fork and need to recover some ground. My @tenkminnows project also has a lot of work to do.