History rhymes in cycles... We are seeing the same things that happened in previous bull runs... The price is the best advertising as it already attracted some "old-forgotten" Hivians to come back to the platform, and some new names... Some of them will stick and stay for the bear markets, and many of them will leave... It's just a fact...
On the other side, what you said is true, it will be harder to accumulate more (HIVE) as an author as many old names are in curation trails, and votes will be spread more among them... But, I still think that curation rewards will not be that affected as many will keep their HIVE liquid, in the hope of finding (and selling) on the top, which means that our HivePower could be more valuable in the bull market!
Just my 2c
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