Sounds like a cool idea. I'm still learning a lot about how this works and it definitely seems that there is room for improvement in the system. There are a lot of factors too. One the one hand, it seems straightforward - post great content and post a lot and eventually you'll build up a following. But on the other hand, you can invest money in and build your voting power and influence and apparently pay to have more people see your posts. In a lot of ways it seems to just reflect the rest of the world's system. Still trying to wrap my head around it all. But I do think that supporting other people that are starting off is awesome. I'm trying to do that by searching and upvoting things I think are great. I like the minnow militia idea - power in numbers. Not sure how that all works, but the idea is intriguing.