Lol, man. That's my article you are referring at. I didn't complain about their power. I complained about the way they are using their power. Especially the whale using a bot to vote on a predetermined group of posters was my concern.
Of course the number of votes are important too. But I want those votes to be the result of people seeing real value in my post. Not because people saw 2 whales voted me and then suddenly everyone starts jumping on it because it is a trending post that will generate money when they upvote me. This is also expressed in the article.