Well, I have recently posted my sharing of my holiday trip with genuine content. Yes, it may not be good content, but at least I think it is interesting to share your experiences and may be helpful to some. I have to agree that it may not only just fall through the cracks, but we, usually the newcomers may easily get destroyed by those in power, the whales solely to stop you from even starting, thus gaining any visibility. Yes, can be bots like you mentioned.

The current system is flawed, unfair and easily abused, whereby those in power can simply click a button without any restrictions and able to condemn you, stopping you from getting any attention and rewards.

To be honest, this is how social media works, content do fall through the cracks and got buried, everything is about popularity. But with money involved, you will see many evils that try to bring you down.

Yes hopefully there are improvements for better exposure.