First mover advantage is a thing, but probably not a big factor. Anyone can build a following with the right platform and some effort. What I'm kind of trying to highlight is that people with large followings start to behave differently because of it. Take this post for example:

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This is clearly a response to my post. This guy has over 4k followers, and instead of responding to me directly he makes a new post that drops all the context. Even though I started the conversation, he attempted to cut me out and take control of the discussion. In one half assed post he got 20x the amount of engagement. This is the type of elitism I am talking about. Some people with large followings let it go to their heads, and in my opinion #onlyzaps feeds into that.

You won't see anyone with a small or no following turn on onlyzaps. If we get one like on a post that's a good day for us. Yet these influencers are trying to say likes aren't good enough for them. I'm sorry, but that is pretty clear elitism.