Extremely well written. This will be a classic reference piece as an article chronicling Steemit at the edge of mainstream adoption.
I wasn't aware that the "weighted voting system places greater value on votes placed by the older accounts of early Steemit adopters" though. I thought it was exclusively financial in its calculations . . . most whales were also early adopters . . . which could be what was being alluded to . . .
It does only depend on the steempower, not sure what he meant by that exactly. Reputation for instance doesn't get your more voting weight.
But we may have stumbled onto something here - working rep into a part of weight calculation might not be a bad idea. 🌞
Agreed