the simple truth is that
rome isnt built in a day
no one came into steemit as a whale and everyone worked for his popularity and steem power.
some days ago i came across a picture of @surpassingoogle's post where almost all big names like @nanzo-scoop, @kevinwong, @shaka, @lukestrokes and all other whales upvoted a post the post could not even get beyound $2
photo below
and in addition, the steem price and sbd price where very low then and some they have to keep up with other offline stuffs for them to keep up with life.
but now that they are now enjoying what they worked for, the minnows now feel cheated and are asking for upvote as if its a birth right, i have always told minnows and i would continue telling tha
your vote isnt your voice currently on steemit but your comment goes a vey long way of making you a potential whale