For sure, people need to feel more free here. Setting so much rules for them will not keep them here for a long time. We already have those rules for a long time to not spam and to create an original content and that's more than enough. Also considering steem just a social network is a good idea as well. If someone wants to share a picture a day and nothing more, why not to do so like in @appics people are doing. If they want only to share their reports with @actifit or a video with @dtube, let them do so. Why to flag that if that's original work they share. After all like you said, they can't earn more after 7 days, but their content will stay here forever and may generate income for steemit from ads. We shouldn't be so strict with newcomers for sure. They need to feel home.