Indeed! I think we all need to break out of these 'circles' and spread our attention and votes out across multiple accounts.

Even if you were worried about scammers, it doesn't take much to do a little research and have a bit of trust.

What does a small upvote and a short welcome message hurt if a couple of them are scammers.
I'm adding newbies to a dedicated PeakD list, so I can keep following them. You'll see their behavior soon enough.
By the way, I've also made a Hive tool to check on some things of an account which helps with checking some user stats. You might find it interesting too:
https://peakd.com/hive-102930/@friendlymoose/building-my-own-hive-account-health-dashboard