Friend voting is how all social media works so thinking that Hive would be any different is pretty naive. With Hive being so relatively small compared to other platforms like Instagram and TikTok it's not surprising that Hive is more community based. People support those that support them and/or those that bring community benefit to Hive. There are a lot of accounts that bring no benefit at all, they produce shit content so they don't attract new users and they cash out every penny they earn so they don't help with the inflationary aspect of Hive. Individuals like that only pad the numbers relating to Hive stats.
Let them complain.
RE: Hive needs help, and fast