I feel like waiting for the account is just part of the problem
Without understanding how to use the platform to maximize your passive income stream as a content creator you won't be motivated long enough to keep building your creative pipeline.
It seems like once the majority of the newly acquired userbase will overcome the learning curve associated with using the Steemit effectively, we will see a pivoting shift in the speed of the platform growth. That's where we would really need the automated sign up the process since the amount of freshly baked Steem millionaires is gonna produce a lot of buzz in the media.
I wrote about it in my article 'People don't really get Steemit'