Thanks so much for taking the time to reply, and for explaining (probably again) the challenges of delegating steem to new accounts. Of course, that makes sense, and perhaps #justthinkingaloud you and @howo might want to do that in campaigns e.g. for the first 10 to sign up and then again in a second wave, etc., as you build up/maintaing a pot of Steem that can be delegated.
And.
This has really made me excited:
For the followers of your blogs, they'll be able to either earn their way to a free Steem account
For folk for whom Steem is expensive, this is a great idea. I know that for me, sitting in South Africa where, as at today's rates 1SBD is more than 10 in our currency, it's something that has to be carefully considered. Expecially when one is trying to convert skeptics to crypto. This latter really applies among folk my age and demographic (50+) who blog for a hobby and for whom all of this crypto stuff is mumbo jumbo they'd rather ignore.
Just a few thoughts.
Look forward to the new developments! :)
Finally, and TMI - because life off steemit has been so busy, I've neglected my blog...and haven't posted in a while