I completely agree. I have been involved in crypto for 6 years and I when I found steemit I was excited but I had to wait 2 weeks to sign up. I nearly gave up. It was only the fact that I was really bored when my account came through that I actually bothered.

Crypto is sold as solving real life issues but if we take a working model (reddit etc) and then ruin it by taking weeks to sign up, no one will bother.