I actually think those ratios are quite good (say 3k out of 10k active users); its the low true active user numbers which are of concern. Getting people off the blockchain onto a third party site and also getting them to enter their personal email address is not trivial. Lets face it this was nothing more than a large email gathering project (backed by a 30k prize) to get a contact list of active interested crypto users who netcoins can mine for their user base. That idea turns a lot of people off. I voted using a 2ndary email address that I can turn off if spam gets too bad but lots of people would not have that luxury .

It was nice to see the steem community get behind something however and demonstrate the potential of social blockchains to make an impact.