I don't care anymore what these guys have to say, I'm becoming a BTC individualist. Their words and actions will have zero effect on me.
I only hope someday BTC will reach the $1xx,xxx zone so I can fulfill some pretty basic human dreams, other than that I know this is the rich man playground; they don't care about us anyway and only want to increase their wealth, they have a huge control even if we like it or not.
Just like many have pointed out, these whale personalities do not in the slightest instance care about the people. Every of the words, whether positive or negative, is only aimed at making money themselves. They don't care about who loses money in the process and it is because they have a lot of followers who are foolish enough to believe them.
It is only when everybody becomes a bitcoin individualist will these whales lose their influence over the people. Until then, however, we actually cannot deny the fact that really do have influence