It is going to suck for the people who sign up a year or two from now especially if we have $1 million active users. Perhaps some of them might be able to earn 1 Steem that will be worth $1,000 but probably most will not. We are not in a magical perfect world so I don't see how we can design a system where a billion newbies can sign up to Steem and make decent money right off the bat.
Send your .352 SBD's to dustsweeper so I can upvote your replies. Right now if you have a post or comment that is under .02 you do not get paid anything even if it is .019 and shows as .02.
https://steemit.com/dustsweeper/@dustsweeper/dustsweeper-faq
The only downside is it is low on Steem Power so some votes are still being wasted.