Minnows should be concentrating on reading how Steemit works, getting to know others and making friends. In the long run, this will help keep them on Steemit. If they are here only for the money, most probably won't hang around once the money dries up for their posts. We want engagement here, don't we? After they get to 500 SP, they will get the slider to change percentage and thus more overall votes to get better exposure. However if the consensus wants, couldn't we tweak Steemit to give only those below 500 SP the equivalent of 40 posts vs 10 posts? Or 4 automated bots each attached to their main account? These bots could be stopped at the 500 SP point in the main account. I don't know. Just thinking.
Anyway, I think it works so far. I have seen people following the trending too much. I have seen good results upvoting smaller accounts and they need the encouragement. I am staying away from the established accounts (mostly) and spending most of my time commenting.
Commenting is great for networking and getting followers. Followers (hopefully) means your posts get read. Unfortunately there are only 24 hours in a day and for slow readers like me, I'm having to skip most of the posts that show up on my feed. I just cannot read even close to all of them. I struggle between reading and creating content. I just can't do both to my own satisfaction. I'm sure others are in the same situation as I am.