Just start selling accounts. It's easy solution to the problem. If somebody doesn't want to wait, they can use other cryptocurrencies to buy an account.
I wrote about this ten months ago: We need an easy way to buy new accounts
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that's nice for people who are otherwise familiar with cryptocurrencies. A large portion of our users are learning about crypto through Steemit. So, if you start selling accounts, those who are new to the whole process are going to be gone fast and that would be the majority of the people online. Do you really want to push that market away?
Anyone who has been around the site even a while is aware that there are a lot of individuals holding high numbers accounts simply to attempt to manipulate the system. If a delay getting signed up is the first step towards putting a stop to this behaviour, then so be it.
It's already possible to create new accounts as much as you want if you know how to do it. This is a blockchain where no permissions are asked.
For those who don't want to or can't use other cryptocurrencies, Steemit should give free accounts. But there are lots of people who can buy an account very easily, I don't see any reason why that shouldn't be possible and even encouraged, given how bad the current system is.
That's already available via anonsteem. If you don't like that service, make a new one.
It should be integrated to Steemit.com so that potential users know that there is an alternative way of getting an account.
I'm not saying I don't think it would be a good feature, but steemit.com is a fully-owned product of steemit inc. They are entitled to decide what features they want to offer, considering all manner of factors. Since the concept of paying for accounts is quite obvious, they have clearly decided not to prioritize it or implement it at all for whatever reasons. These could include development but also support, legal, etc.
The blockchain, however, is open and others are free to offer services built upon it. If this blockchain is going to have value beyond just one web site (and if it isn't, then it is useless; running the website off mysql would be cheaper, easier, and more efficient) then the focus needs to shift away from expecting everything to be part of steemit.com and done by steemit inc (especially if Steemit inc doesn't want it or consider it a priority).