It is a nice food for thought type of post you have put out here. As a new user I have to say Steem(it) comes across a little confusing for new users. At my first attempt to join (in December) I gave up, because the UI is not very logical. Now I am putting in the effort to get acquainted with the system and can experience it much better. But because of naming confusion and sorry to say non user friendly UI I think a lot of new users drop out before they can experience what Steem(it) is really about. If mass adoption is the goal, this needs to be addressed.