Then consolidate them by using them to vote (or just continue voting them up from his STEEM POWER) to reach the threshold for powering them down.
I see. I had misunderstood which threshold you were talking about.
Besides, account verification will likely drastically curtail signups, because nobody likes to be forced to do KYC just so they can try the site and vote.
Certainly. I've been kicking around the idea of a hybrid system where un-verified users have a stake-weighted vote, while verified users get an additional constant-weight vote. I haven't thought through the math, the implementation, or the vulnerabilities it might cause.
I am moving on to completely redesigning a Steem-like on boarding mechanism
I would love to be kept in the loop with whatever you develop; one thing that always frustrates me about this dev team is how ad hoc many of their solutions are, but you seem to consider stuff pretty carefully.
Follow me. I will blog post if there is something. Thanks for the attention.