5 minutes is nothing... Your video was 5 minutes long already plus comment time. I used to spend hours on that. I would say probably 2 - 3 hours every day watching and commenting other people’s content. Not because I had the feeling of having to support somebody but because I like you guys.
And if I don’t comment or upvote something, well maybe that video wasn’t that interesting or good or I just don’t have the time watching everything. Everyone of us has good and bad works but an honest interaction is worth so much.
And if I don’t follow somebody in the group that is my personal decision and nothing against this person. Maybe this content is not interesting for me but for somebody else within the group. I guess there’s nothing against smaller sub-groups within our group. That is what I’ve been already talking about at the very beginning.
I also believe that voting trails are completely trash and they are poisoning the whole community. Because people think their duty is done without ever having watched or commented a video. I guess following less people but interacting actively with them that’s where we want to be. Quality > Quantity ;)