That's true, but isn't that bad from the perspective of new users?

It's one of the things about Hive that we mostly put up with. On Hive I learned that I must make sure never to earn too much on my post. I also learned never to interact with a few people, else you put a target on your back. There so many unwritten rules. Some of them actually will hurt a new user who doesn't know anything. As people would rather choose downvotes than actual communication