Agreed. If you make it so hard for new people to on-board, at least create some sort of earning potential for them.
If you make it so hard for anyone to earn any money here, at least make it easy for them to on board.
Problem is that both things are poor on Steem and when that happens then the superior choice for blogging is always Medium, superior for gaming is Eos or Eth, for communities Reddit, etc.
When everything is made so difficult, even if youre not here to just "make money" (as if thats a bad thing) seeing the boting self gratification leaves a bad taste in your mouth and retention goes down the toilet.