I don't know I have found a few new users, I think that one of the things people that have been around for awhile have simply forgotten is that with out HP, a new user is very limited in what they can do or produce. I have seen a few post made by new users in the introduction feed, I have found a few new users via reblogs from a few various communities. I have found a new user on discord. The two recent new users had pretty much 0 HP. I don't know if the two I loaned/delegated 25 HP to will use it will post will take off and grow. One looks like he will, one may not even know she received a delegation and may have already given up.
I don't have a lot of HP myself, I have had delegations to my account in the past and currently. I have delegated to accounts in the past and currently also. I have my Alternative account that was my just in-case account, that I use to delegate to new users at 25 HP a pop. Currently I could support about 10 accounts with the HP I have there.
A lot of curation folks are in your boat, it is hard to find new people, yet when a new account is found by a curator how many look to see if the account even has 25 HP to post and comment and vote with?
If we as a community want new people, new growth, when we invite them in we must be able to help them get their feet wet and give them a few months to acclimate to a new and very different environment than they may be used to. I try to help, we need more people to help.
Yep, it takes old people to help new onboard and have good experiences.