Free steems that Steemit is giving away are in the form of Steem Power. So it will take a long time if users want to convert them fully back to steems and sell. It will be a slow flow instead of a flood.
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Accounts created using steem also have to increase their SP by 10X to be able to withdraw, so they basically have to earn withdraws with good posts.