Steemit has a great potential for attracting a lot of new users, however the more pressing issue at the moment is actually making the new users that come and register to stay and use the platform. This is something you cannot fix by just increasing the number of new people that come by favoritizing people that bring new users instead of people that create value for staying on steemit.
Exactly my point. The value of Steemit is in the content on the site. As more content creators arrive, better content will emerge which will draw in more users in a positive feedback loop. So it's not the number of people, per se, but the quality of service they bring to the community.
But the only way new content can emerge is by increasing the user base. A bit of a chicken and egg scenario.