I think that when communities finally gets implemented there might be enough change to draw some of the larger manual curators back, at least to have a look.
I really like this whale too.
And I would like to use a quote to illustrate it:
"good whale color purple"
I am really excited for communities and to see how it will impact the Steem ecosystem. I am more hopeful now. Some of the issues will be resolved one way or another ^^
Thank you for liking my good whale color purple @tarazkp!