Judging by this line

"What you do need to do, is take a long term view. To focus on creating value and not extracting " I think should I say steemit or hive has lost a lot of people who should be regarded as activist investors.

What people did not understand is that the value you create will benefit you ten times in the future. It is not about you curiuous about how to manipulate for your gain but think how to imapct for others gain and to be surprised you will see that those value you created will turn out to benefit you ten times.

Those people you mentioned like @theycallmedan now benefit ten times why because of the value they have created.