Can we get a post about other "whales" who never lift a finger when it comes to countering spam, scammers, trolls, and circle-jerking shitposts that other whales collusively upvote on a daily basis?

Yeah, this particular "bad whale" might not be politically correct, but he actually uses his stake to counter the constant bullshit that's seen around here on a daily basis. So forgive me if I'm not going to jump all over him for self-voting his own shitposts once in a while. What's the point of continually trying to respect/protect reward pool allocation when very few other large stakeholders care enough to do the same...or actually work counter to your goals? You do realize that downvoting means lost potential gains, right?

I'm not going to defend what he has done here, but when will the rest of the larger stakeholders have the guts and sacrifice their own potential rewards to counter what most people see as detrimental shitposts on the trending page all the time and obvious whale collusion/circle-jerks that put them there? Or are we OK with those wastes of rewards and the perception that Steemit is shit and the money giveaway is a scam or depends wholly on sucking whale teat?

Like it or not, you know what you get with @berniesanders. And what you get is someone who isn't afraid to speak up (or speak the truth) and doesn't sugarcoat the fact that Steemit is mostly a shitshow right now...and has been for a long time (basically, since it began).