That is exactly what Steemit Inc needs! UX advice. While steemit is wonderful, it is currently "by engineers for engineers", thus hampering mainstream adoption.
What they need is to profile several users, only one of them being tech savvy crypto veteran.
If the idea is to teach the masses about crypto world it is best to simplify, not make things more complicated.
Steemit is much more user friendly then BitShares, but it is not user friendly enough! While my experience in UX design isn't all that great (I worked in it for maybe 8 months), I've read a lot on usability before that gig, and after. There clearly IS a problem.
In scenarios like this it is useful for powers that be play the "Prince and Pauper" game. Try starting as a minnow, and get an accout at least to what is it where you get the slider 300 SP? At least a couple of days of only using the minnow account would be very insightful!
Yeah, I would love for a few founding whales to do an undercover boss like research experiment.