We the newcomers must rise to the occasion, adapt, improvise, and overcome!

There is SO much good being done by people who do not meet these thresholds and the whole thing is just more of the same. Like has been said on this thread, the old guard just gets older. We are coming, the new, the fresh, the strong and we will make HUGE differences for the community, the platform and the world in the coming months. We too will get big, but since we didn't come here when there was nobody around to "compete" with last year, we will have to work harder, and as such, I suspect we will lift those that come after us, rather than parading around congratulating ourselves and preening with the other old guard that had no competition for visibility or ever scarcer big votes back then either.