I've engage some relatively new users but some of them are risking doing comments like "upvoted, please upvote back" or "follow you, please follow back". I had been downvoted before even with an honest comment which could seem like from a bot if you remember and worked very hard to get back. I don't think many know the risk they are taking.
Yes, I think that's how we met. :) Today we have the slider so I don't think there will be that many heavy flags for new users that will be undeserved.
Yeah, I think many are neglecting to read the FAQ. They jump in and start treating steemit like facebook or reddit.