You make really great points!! The onboarding is a serious issue. I've also had friends who just haven't bought into the idea but are always asking me how I'm getting on with it. I think it is daunting. And I'm going to resteem that introduce yourself post now that you brought it to my attention!
Really what we need to do is talk to the people who have the power to change these things but need to know what the problems are first. It would be great to know for example what developer is behind the design of the front end of the site. @sneak is a part of the development team and often encourages people to get in contact with him about problems they are having. He might be a good person to approach and he's on steemit.chat.
Could you link the youtube video that you watched so I could get an idea of the problem you had? I'm thinking about doing my own introduction video but I agree, they only add to the problem if they are not exceptionally user friendly.
The road map is due out tomorrow and will probably be posted on @steemitblog so keep an eye out for that and make sure to voice your concerns there the moment it is posted. That's the best way to give them feedback at the moment... (as far as I know)
We are definitely one of the most active crypto communities there is which is what gives me so much confidence. If we want this to hurry along we just have to be very clear about what we need to do to move forward - outlining potential issues and hopefully matching them with resolutions. I'm also trying to figure out how to navigate github.com at the moment just so I can keep an eye on what's being worked on but I'm a total technophobe! I should read that post on the trending page in case it could help lol
Okay it's funny because now that I've been on steemit for a month this is all pretty basic stuff, but at the time there were segments that were not, which means a lot of other people will feel the same. Not to mention the title is How to get started fast on steemit and the video is 47 minutes long. 47 minutes far exceeds a large majority of people's attention span. This type of video is more for someone who already wants to join steemit and is interested in everything about it. What is needed is something catchy and simple. I think my elf meme would be more effective haha! Because you lose people at "blockchain" which will change, it will become commonplace, but it isn't yet.
Um, where did my message go? Jeeze. What I said was that this video is basic stuff to me now that I've been on steemit, but before I joined there were segments that were not. And getting started fast when the video is 47 minutes long? 40 minutes longer than the average person's attention span. This is a video for people who already want to join steemit and are interested in everything about it. We need simple and catchy. Not to mention the first sentence on the screen already lost people. At some point blockchain will be common vernacular, but that day hasn't come quite yet.
Oh and my husband sent me this link. It doesn't appear to be that sophisticated and I don't see it as competition, but it is up and running and people are using it. I'm going to check it out after I send this. https://supload.com/