Steemit gives new users $6 when they sign up. New Steem is also constantly being created. I like where you're going with this, but we should educate newbies about writing good content so they can earn steem power in the beginning. We're still in the first year so I think anyone still has a pretty good shot at becoming a whale one day. We have been on facebook since 2004, 2007 for me. Ten years. Where will your account be in 2027?
The steem given when you start is nice! I just feel we should take this a step further. Many old school writers may not have used social media up to this point and I agree that more needs to be done to help new users adapt to the future of social media.
There is a 6 dollar incentive program but I don't know how tangible that is for attracting new people. To be honest most people haven't bought into digital currency and they see it as monopoly money.
For new users
I honestly think feedback to a well written post, votes or recognition for your posts would be more of an incentive for new people.
For existing users
In order to incentivise existing users to get friends involved it might be better to pay them the 6 dollars or as doitvoluntary1 said a percentage of the daily pool.