I still think I don't really know what a dolphin is.. sometimes I think I am, but when my posts go nowhere, I'm convinced I'm still very much a minnow.
I also recommend you reverse your stance on dogpiling. That's what some of us minnows need to turn into dolphins. That hope and dream that a really good quality post that best shows the kind of content we want... gets dogpiled on and upvoted well.
I don't mind sitting here making under $1.00 for 3 hours of work crafting a quality post, as long as one of mine gets dogpiled on once in a blue moon.
Considering dogpiling a selfless act that should happen rarely, but it should also happen periodically nonetheless.