I can very well understand your feelings. I am a plankton and I have not yet had the fortune of being followed by a whale but I sure want it to happen badly. The support of a whale can really go a long way to establish you here on Steemit and when such support goes away it surely will feel bad and demotivating.

I have also made several comments about the 'trickle down' capitalist economy here and how money power matters much more than the power of your content May be that's the reason my earnings from comments have decreased (not sure though).

However, I do think it's possible for a small guy like me to make it big here because there are many more people here who care, may be they are not whales but their collective strength matters. The power of the community matters.