A lot of what you say may seem right, may read right, but I have to say I disagree with a lot of it. I agree more with @whack-science's response.

As in part of my response to him/her "Get a good solid footing by following people with a solid footing, and that produce content you can enjoy and are interested in."

I am still following a lot of the people I initially started following, I do not follow a lot of accounts. I don't care about a person status, minnow dolphin, orca, or whale. I came for the content. I vote on the content, not on the size of a persons account.

People want to make social block chain participation as hard and as difficult as possible, it really is not that hard to participate, it is simple. Find content you like, read it, vote it comment on it. Make content you like and others might like.