Heh! 😜 I've got to be one of those who (having known you for a bit longer than most here) provide a "non YES-men" answer, because as you've said, huge stakeholders tend to influence the direction of discourse.

I wouldn't say all the people will "listen" because of your HP, but you're more than likely to get a huge following of bootlickers and sycophants (which is obviously true in the real world setting too).

Perhaps it all boils down to a user numbers issue. If the user size gets sufficiently large, low and mid tier "influencers" gain their own sizable followings too, just like in any mainstream social media setting.

(P.S, I don't think I'm focused very focused here, just putting together a mish mash of thoughts down in writing)