Having this
Beware of spam and phishing links in transfer memos. Do not open links from users you do not trust. Do not provide your private keys to any third party websites.
warning is a good thing, but as you saw from everittdmickey, who is a high-ranking individual, not everyone knows what is considered a 3rd party. I suspect over half the users don't fully understand that there are actually 2 parts to steem (the blockchain and the gateway). When these people are told there is now an alternate site for accessing steem, they may well think that all these additional sites are part of steem or at least sanctioned and monitored by steem. I feel it is important to make that distinction somewhere prominent so that EVERYONE right down to the newest newbie who is totally computer illiterate can understand the difference.
It's a good idea. Educating users on proper security is a huge task though. Unfortunately no matter how much we do, it will probably never be enough.