At present the thing I dislike the most about Steemit is the slow sign up process. I believe many problems could be solved if they would process newer people onto the platform at a much quicker rate.
It seems like only the spammers and scammers are able to get new accounts of late.
I agree with you however the upcoming HFork 20 will solve the sign up issue isnt it? when the hardfork will come? a good question indeed