That's some great feedback and it's really helpful to hear how newcomers find the whole onboarding process! For us who've been involved all this time and had to learn a lot of technical things, I sometimes forget the difficulties involved!
I created an Evergreen List of Communities blog that's pinned on my profile page so once you have created your own community, got a link for it etc, feel free to drop a comment on the post below and I'll add yours to it!
https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@nickyhavey/havey-s-guide-to-hive-evergreen-list-of-communities