Hey Raymond. @blockurator here from Steemit. You've come a long way from those Steemit days. Congratulations!
And who could blame them right? Web2 companies have been raping their data and selling it off to companies for years without returning anything back to us -- so why should they not think it's a scam?
I'm not sure people consider Web2 companies misusing their data is actually getting to them. They seem to like it. They keep going back. For most people, the idea that you can earn something of value for doing something that you do everyday for free seems like a pipe dream. They probably think it's easy-peasy, just show up, post a couple of cat memes, and you're an instant millionaire. Yeah, right! No wonder they're skeptical.
Network marketers get the same cold shoulder. Very few people believe joining Amway is going to make all their dreams come true. Yet, some people join anyway. Some of them actually do well at it. Pick any network marketing organization, and there are many, from Mary Kay to Primerica, and the great mass of people who encounter them say, "No way." But there are a few who join, and even fewer who work it hard and actually succeed at it.
Bottom line, Web3 is work. If you're just showing up to Facebook and Twitter to play, maybe you think, "No way. Get paid for posting pictures of my food? Yeah, right!" But if it's presented as an alternative means of income, a side hustle, a business opportunity, maybe some realistic expectations can be set from the beginning. It's work. You actually have to work it.