/u/d3rr and /u/zyxzevn still have perfect scores in my book thus far and earn my highest respect, followed closely by another dozen or so, give or take, that are flawless too but I don't know well enough, followed by another couple dozen whom I also hold in very high esteem and may even disagree with on some things. I'm probably forgetting some.

Though, I don't know if you can consider that "influence", nor have I any way to measure influence, much less positive or negative influence. A person may be popular with like-minded people with the same viewpoints without being influential. Some on here influence us to despise them, does that count?

I suspect this was not meant to be a popularity contest, or anything negative, but it seems like idle community chat of little consequence. If you're interested in some constructive discussion ideas to help this site and maybe build community spirit I'd be happy to pitch some by you to lead in wider discussions.