I'm learning again a new term and a new concept (for me) through this post. As far as I have observed, those investors who came in late can generally be categorized as activist investors. I mean I could be wrong, but those you mentioned as examples were relatively new compared to those whales who have been here since the beginning.
Since it is now proven that having an activist mindset is beneficial to everyone in the long run, I guess the challenge is to pressure those old whales who are still stuck in their old thinking. As more people are doing good and adding value to this space, those who do nothing but extract value will become more apparent. They can now easily be called out.
This is sort of Tragedy of the Commons in play. More value should be added than what is extracted or else, everyone will fail and suffer the consequences.
Thanks for your comment, there could be a huge difference between how people view a stake that was easier to obtain (essentially house money), as opposed to someone like myself, who must weigh the pros and cons of say, purchasing more Bitcoin, Ethereum, or other project that interests me.
That could explain the difference in behavior between the two types of whales.