I liked your post very much. Although I don't think we can create a whale. Your points are very good and this quote has me thinking.
I now understand Steemit, we need to be somebody, a story teller, a good writer, a famous and known personality, a guru, somebody who has skills and talents, a developer and most of all a friend of the WHALES.
Yes, some people who have already built an audience online or offline will get a lot of attention when they bring them over to Steemit, as they should. But everyone has a story and can build a following on this platform if they tell it well and keep posting consistantly. Not as fast as those who have already done the work prior to arriving here, but very possible all the same.
Most of us are minnows in a whale's body. I'm saying be the whale you truly are and the rewards will come.
Creating a whale is easy. What is difficult for them (the WHALES) is to make somebody rich. This could be the reason why they only choose to vote 100% to friends.
Then they can choose to start making their friends a whales like them. Making all their SP's at 2M. When that time comes, we wont have to worry about retention anymore, considering that all of the new whales will give back to the community by making another whale.
Very interesting indeed. I'll have to give it some more thought. Meanwhile, we can just keep writing good posts.