I think that there (possibly in the next HF) the RC issue will be solved as delegation will be very easy. RCs don't draw on the pool so can't be abused in the same way at least. For example, that 15SP you started with was leveraged by dart/tard with about 9000 accounts and was extracting tens of thousands of Steem.
Are they for real new people? I believe so, since neither of the three that are active knew to reblog their post so that it shows up on their front page.
A lot of people don't know or do this - one is they are naive, the other is they don't want anymore attention than is necessary. Some people who are abusing the pool don't reblog as it gets more eyes, while other people are looking for more eyes.
If Hive wants investors as in people like me that Hold Hive then they need to help new users learn to become investors.
I agree, but I also think that to be an investor takes a fair amount of personal gumption - otherwise what one invests into might not be overly valuable.