It is hard indeed but that's where there are some excellent bots that target new accounts and upvote their work. If I see anyone under a rep of 30, I immediately upvote them my maximum (unless their stuff is obscene) and try to give them a tip or two as well. Advice from my 'Elders' here has really got things flowing and my friend @minismallholding has helped me enormously during this account reboot.

The current drop in Hive is also useful to new folks, this morning, I was swapping some HBD for Hive at a rate of almost 3:1. Even a newbie with a only couple of HBD to their credit from earnings can maximise their account now, ironically, as many other folks only interested in the investment aspect of things suffer greatly.