Nothing encourages a person to join crypto more than "here's some free money go figure it out if you wanna have it"
But as the transaction fee of Bitcoin has been getting increasingly more vulgar. I think personally I would give them an alternative. Maybe I set up a "crypto advocacy fund" and get a few litecoins or Zcash to get them going.
I agree on the Bitcoin, it's increasingly problematic until they find those solutions they desperately need.