It's a good update and a positive step for new users. Hp can often be a stumbling block for new accounts.
Next suggestions would be a who to follow list with some active users on it and a what to do now checklist to get started.
-read this
-introduction post
- find a community
-list of apps
Ect...
Yes we are moving towards that direction. On mobile app we have suggestion list for new logins. Communities and active people from our leaderboard. For website we have discover page, so we are working to improve that with guided user interface changes. We are testing it right now.
Great to see it. Those all sound like very positive steps in the ecency development.