At this point I'm only attempting to onboard the people I know who are interested in fiendishly-complex systems for their own sake. I'm working on building a system that will use my votes to pay people I bring in enough to make it worthwhile for them to learn the system, but it's a ways from complete and Steem falling against USD doesn't help.
yeah, I have brought in some people who should be perfect for learning Steem yet, still failed to get them engaged. some have done well though. I try to support them all but it isn't easy.
It will be interesting to see if when dTube actually works reliably we get a big boost in user engagement/retention. Right now success on Steemit requires a whole lot of reading, and a lot of people just aren't interested in that.
Don't I know it.