Hard to fault some of the masses @notoriousrebel.
They are fed a line of garbage by the conditioning mechanism. It takes a lot to break out of that.
That is why I personally believe that all the promotion that people are doing on the likes of Youtube and FB isnt really having a great impact. People do not believe it.
Instead, the best advertising, and what I believe is working is when one Steemian is making some money and tells everyone he or she knows. This is really what attracts the attention.
Over time, word will get out...that is why I am enjoying the sweet spot we are presently in. Down the road, SP will be harder to come by.
True that last December some of us did our first payout and after seeing it we had so many people asking us how did we do it.
From 10 people we are now a group of 100! The power of word of mouth is very compelling.