Whale fight? @yallapapi isn't a whale, he's a minnow. There aren't any whales here talking.
If you think yallapapi is a whale because of that money beside this post, you'd be mistaken. He purchased most of the votes that allowed this post to earn so much, but he's not really earning that money, it's meaningless. Purchased votes have little to no value, they just fake it, like yallapapi fakes it.
Now I understand, the majority of posts that are on the rise and trend, is because buying that, that's really bad, because their reputation goes in bots, and as you say is false, I used bots before, but it's a waste of money, because when you publish something and do not rent bots, nobody votes, I have seen with so many publications that it is much better to have people vote your publications and to put content of quality obiously.