Many have been students of mine or their family members so there is already a decent relationship there. There have been a few friends and friends of friends too. I only have express permission to say markos86 so I respect their privacy. @adigitalife I onboarded 10 months ago but he has only just really started. Also, some of them have started asking me to onboard a couple too. My brother @galenkp has also brought a few onto the platform also.

Early on, I tried to get a couple friends I thought would be interested from Australia and one said 'scam' the other followed the advice of the first. That would have been in march or so. pity really.

Have you tried setting the account up them through steeminvite? I have found that for a few, it was the hurdle of going to the site themselves that was the issue. Quite a few have actually signed up themselves though.

I don't understand why it is so hard for some people, what is the issue? Perhaps the idea of the money actually scares them to some degree or perhaps the warning of immutable blockchain. It could also be tax too I guess for Finns. Whatever it is, the resistance is very high.

I think it could be just like anything new for Finns, people want a crowd first. Twitter was well established in Sweden almost 2 years before Finns started really adopting. Finns in general are not early adopters.

Maybe try more one on one with a laptop?

Honestly though. I just don't get why so many seem to fear it.