If this intrigues will tighten the competition it will only be good for Lisk so I wouldn't worry about those. More and more people want to be delegates and will have to offer something special to attract votes.
thats right. delegates need to do more to get in the top 101. thats good for lisk. every month it will be harder and harder to get or stay in the top101.
that is making the delegate system a good system. with only friends voting on friends you will loose your power one day. the more whales investing in lisk the more fun on the delegate system.
Sure. Competition in DPOS system is nothing related with development. Lisk team not involved in this. It is decentralised. Everyone can compete. Actually it also good effect to Lisk. In last month, lowest rank (rank 101) delegate approval is around 7% .Currently approching to 10%. Delegates hold their reward and bought Lisk from market to compete for their positions. It can good effect for inflation and price. I don't search how master node system running, but personally I think DPOS is better than POW and POS and more decentralised. Just need to improve for better ways.