...what is going to be interesting in time is that at some point, many people are going to be jealous of those who got in early and built their presence.
In fact, I think about this as well and say myself that wish I would become a member of HIVE (Steemit then) in 2016. I believe that HIVE will be as popular as the other social platforms one day. Then, we will obviously be ahead of the new members with all our experince here.
I also think that the more people come to HIVE, the more quality contents we will see. Because, among millions member, one should write interesting post to manifest himself.
Many people joined in 2016 - and wasted their opportunity, the same as all the other years. It comes down to the person and their willingness to create and engage for a lot of it. Luck plays a part too.