Thanks.
I think building relationships becomes more difficult as more people join. There are a lot of people trying to get the attention of whales, there is simply no way for everyone to build a relationship with them and it wouldn't be fair to expect it.
That's why it's best to just build those relationships with likeminded people.
Yes bots are a growing issue and it is difficult to deal with them. Every solution has it's own caveats. The platform is still young hopefully these things will gradually get ironed out as it develops more.