There seems to be this small army of people that got in summer of 2016 and bought in. Now they are in the shark/whale category and simply have to post to get paid.
By the way, I agree with your assessment that this useless stuff needs to go to the bottom of the pile.
This is mostly the case except for a few of us who dont abuse it...and instead build.
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