The slow start isn't even the problem. Building a following as a content creator always takes time.

Well said that curators and content creators also invest in the platform! At this moment the main problem lays with curating as i described in this and some of my previous articles.

I gave 1 solution to the problem in the referenced article i wrote before this one. That would be a great start, but many more small tweaks can be done, they probably just don't know how yet :)