The delay is allowing them to review all of the sign ups and allowing them to separate the 'real' ones from fake ones. An invite system isn't that bad. When I got here in July there was a waiting list. I thought it made it seem like being allowed in was a privilege. I was very excited once I was allowed in.
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If they are reviewing sign ups it means that they are also refusing sign ups..Based on what criteria and what are they reviewing exactly? Blockchain tech was meant to be open and free to access for everyone, I really don't like the fact that people have to wait and be approved to have a steemit account.
Steem is open and free to access for everyone. But if you want an account, you need to fund it somehow, which steemit.com does for free. It's basically a gift from them and they can decide to whom and when they give it.
You do not need to use their signup at all. Any existing user can create an account for a friend or acquaintance (or stranger if a suitable deal is made) using the cli wallet. There are a few other ways such as the anonsteem service.
Totally agree. In regards to a "waiting list", I think they should let all accounts enter the system without delay. They can then determine the undesirables and not apply the delegation of steem. Then the undesirables can fund their own accounts. I think too many new users are adversely affected with the current signup logic.
Bad actors/Good actors can simply use the cli to create accounts and fund.
They are concerned about too many names being squatted since even removing the delegation doesn't not release the account/name for reuse. I proposed another approach to signup logic a while back which would allow the accounts to be fully recovered but it was not adopted.
As they said above, it shouldn't be an issue for legitimate users. The blockchain is still open for anyone. There are services like AnonSteem if for whatever reason someone is unable to get a free account via Steemit.com.