I know, rc's were quite the boo-boo. It just ended up seeming like trying to force people to buy sp to interact.
People want millions of users, they want Steem to go to the moon but it won't if your every day Joe can't join and post shit that they like.
...and then you get some people saying things like 'if they cant afford it'....or...'maybe it's not for them'.... the mind boggles.