For a week I'd throw it out left and right lol.

I think there is an underlying issue in that question. The issue of how much responsibilities the few whales, compared to the swarm of little fish, carry in this ocean.

Hive is no different when it comes to incentives. Most people join first for the crypto. Once in they follow the droppings of the whales or the bigger fish, which is just a normal thing to do. We are all humans, whale or not. Most thrive to get a whale vote, manual or via voting trail, it is what gets you growing here, besides your own personal effort to reach an audience or grow in a different way.

So as a whale, visible or not, you hold the power to the swarm. The ocean needs you to thrive, just as it needs the little ones. Now, how much of your hard, or not so hard, earned stake are you willing to spread out? How do you vote with a lot of power? How do you spread your stake in an ecosystem like Hive? Good question right, sounds like the one in the headline 😂.

As a whale, orca, dolphin or a little herring I'd vote what I can consciously live with. I'd vote on people I connect to, I like, that are real, recommended or even those I may not be interested in but deserve it.

Poor whales in a way. A whale is just a human with 24h a day, so to feed some little ones would not be possible without trustworthy voting trails or delegations right? On the other hand, depending on how you see this ocean, voting on a single person manually or voting all your stake within a certain group of ppl is just as fine. It is just that with bigger votes comes not only the nurture of little fish, but the downsides like politics, greed, envy and resentment.

Big droppings in the ocean are a blessing and a curse. 😉

So now that I have said a lot, maybe nothing, I ended up with the conclusion that no matter ones stake, sharing is caring but how much and to whom...up to each one of us.