Some of you may not be aware, but there is currently a waiting list to join steemit that goes something like this:
- find out about steemit
- get excited
- signup for new account
- confirm email/SMS
- get a message saying they will review your account for approval
- wait several hours
- nothing
- wait several days
- nothing
- search for answers, finding most people claim they were approved within minutes or hours
- rage about some hidden factor holding you back
- go to steemit.chat/channel/help and ask for help
- be told to wait days longer
- wait more
- nothing
This goes on for what seems like forever, and many people in response to it take a different route where they try to signup again meaning the problem is a slippery slope where the longer the waiting list becomes the more duplicate accounts are being created and making it even longer of wait time. In addition, it means that a certain percentage of new accounts are dead on arrival where they stopped caring a few days in and went to do something else.
Is that bad enough? It gets worse. Many instances end where the person seeking help is told they should go to anon.steem.network to signup for an account that way, which at the time of writing costs 0.008BTC, so including some transaction fees you could be paying as much as $30 to create your account. How many times do people say this is a ponzischeme, and how good of an argument against that is it to tell them don't worry, you can start earning money today by spending $30 creating your account!
So what are the solutions? I cannot say for sure because I don't know the exact reasoning behind the waiting list. All I know is it's a compounding issue that will only get worse. If the wait time exceeds a certain threshold the number of duplicate attempts to signup for an account will become massive, and the percentage of people that stop caring before the email comes will increase also. At the very least, there needs to be some indication that progress is being made, instead of sticking people into limbo where their account is in a waiting list but nothing is said to indicate that or inform them that it will be done soon.
How long did it take you to get your account?
What was your experience with it?
How long until you would have been frustrated by this?
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