Thus, the importance of community. We all yearn for a return to the era of community-oriented sites, built by enthusiasts and maintained by the life-force of real people, whose intentions are not commercial in nature but rather community oriented.
So, I look forward to the eventual retiring of this heinous term, "whales". It is the community that matters.
In other words, is it reasonable to expect STEEM to not primarily attract those with commercial intentions?
Its not unreasonable to give people - no matter whether their intentions are commercial or otherwise - a means of safe exchange of value, without commercialising that exchange. Or, is it?
The trouble with the current way "influence" or money is distributed in STEEM blockchain is that, 2 - 3 whale accounts has more influence and means to influence the entire community even if the entire community stands together.
Though I am hopeful that this will be addressed by the EOS's community project.