ESPECIALLY if the statement "Come to Steemit and make money"

But without that promise Steemit is just another free speech blogging side like Minds or GAB. But both Minds and GAB offer more engagement in form of comments and upvotes.

At least not unless you're importing your existing 800,000 followers from YouTube or Facebook.

Not even then because you would have 800,000 follower with 15 Steem Power / 30000 VEST. Do you know how many upvotes form a 30000 VEST account your need to get above the dust level?

I don't either but it's more then 7.

And do we really want them, anyway, given the current issues we are dealing with?

Steemit might already have to many of those as is already doomed.