We most certainly need to have an easy onboarding system for newbies. When I joined Steemit, I did not do anything for severals months, because it all looked at a bit obscure to me. Trying to find the correct info is not that easy for someone new on the platform.
I think it depends on the way people join to and who they discover in their first days. I was luckily ignorant to the whole thing and just enjoyed the writing process. I didn't actually start learning about the system until about 6 months in.