We have 39 whales and around 30k posts a day...
so, those who are teaching people to look for whale votes are giving bad advice.
In fact of those 39 only about a third of them are active on the chain.
All of our accounts are shrinking. The current price of Steem is about .14 usd. Just a few months ago it was .40.
Most investing is about putting money in... We have too many who want to take money out regardless of value. It will stabilize when the market conditions change or when less people sell.