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RE: So..I spent more time on Facebook today than the last 5 years Combined!! Why??
Great job reaching out to FB acquaintances to familiarize them with steemit. I'd do the same but haven't had a FB account in 8+ years :) I think it's a hard sell sometimes when people hear they can make money, then come over here to the site and see, in my opinion, some ridiculous posts making bank. It's an instant red flag, then they join up and try the same tactics (which lowers quality of content sitewide), and don't make anything. Instant turnoff. I read about it a lot, people who've left steemit and are now back again, they likely left because nothing was 'working' despite seeing many instances of content that told them what they were doing should work
It's hard not to mention the money..at least in the main pitch. But you are right in setting good expectations. It's part of why I tend to expect doing some 'handholding' when they first come in...dealing with stuff like that.
I will say the the age of those posts does change things pretty drastically. Between the price now high again, there is a TON more potential for people to at least be making a buck or two...many getting that bigger payout post once in a while.
Various changes like the voting rules in the code, human voting rules (like what got many of the whales from voting with as much of their power which gave everyone else a much larger effect, curation guilds, delegated steem power, and of course the upcoming hard fork that will give small SP holders even more influence.
Little things reinvigorate steemit users at the beginning, like unlocking the slider bar and being able to give away a penny for the first time, which I've seen start happening for minnows at only 250-300 combined (help + delegated) Steem Power.
While I'm not denying there are things to still work on as well as people who 'fall through the cracks.' But there are support networks available on here too..that can be found.
But if you have friends that are are 'struggling' and you don't feel like you are able to help...feel free to send them to me. I'm here to help, like many other veteran users. :)
And therein lies a big part of the issue. The only way to bring people over is to mention the money opportunity. But when all the underlying voting, SP, curation mechanics, etc are what truly affect the rewards, that's where your run of the mill social network people get lost and will turn around and head home.
This whole experience suffers from complexity. Power through simplicity is key.
Those are only pieces if they want to get involved. Simply posting, voting and commenting is enough to earn some...even if not huge. But why shouldn't bigger payouts to those who put forth the effort to have good stuff, or those who know how to maximize payouts.
Most people have no clue how a car, a tv, or a computer actually work on the inside...but they don't care since they just want to use it (which is fine.) I see this along the same way. However many people do slowly ramp up their knowledge because care enough to have questions.