Thanks for this. A place where we can rub minds is important for this platform. When I invite someone to join Steemit, I usually tell them they might get no rewards. This is important because when they see low payouts on their posts, I wouldn't get complaints.
I wrote an article recently on some questions I ask myself before posting on Steemit, they include:
Does this post show my opinion? If I see this post in a year's time, will I be proud of it? What value does this add to Steemit?
Steemit is a knowledge bank, where everyone could contribute. What "newbies" should understand is, quality is what matters in Steemit, not quantity. I get surprised sometimes when I see these newbies posting up to 10 posts a day. They think that by doing so they can get much rewards, I try to explain to them that the rewards system doesn't work that way.
I hope many of these Steemians see this post of yours, it does a marvellous job in explaining the need to communicate within and outside the platform, it is really important to do so.