I think the beggers, vote for vote, follow for follow stuff could work itself out when these people realize it doesn't work.
I think one of the big problems are these voting circles. I can see a post with 4 views and 80 votes. This turns the platform into a bot and autovote playground. I think votes should go to material that a human has actually looked at and and determined if it is worthy of a vote and if so what percentage that vote should be given at. This actual human interaction encourages human interaction and for a social network to actually be social.
if you think it's bad now, you should have seen it 6 months ago! It's way better now.
Wow that's crazy cause it's pretty bad now.