This is exactly why I stopped supporting certain Initiatives that’s I believe to have good intentions, but which are indiscriminate about quality or very hierarchical in nature. There are a few of these that I won’t name. I can’t say they haven’t done any good, but they’ve also turned a lot of users into bot addicts and created an image of steemit that causes some users to give up as the whole process is pretty inorganic.
I like your adopt a minnow project. I’m planning to do the same thing.