thanks for writing this post. I try to always think of things in terms of newbies and thinking that way really dampens my spirits.  The key to it all is to make so simple that newbies so how beneficial it would be for them to monetize their lives on the steem blockchain.  It should really be that simple and there should be people on the chain already who are willing to sacrifice and protect their investment to make it that simple.  Doing so  by doing the hard stuff and somehow shield the newbies from it.   It's really hard to justify why a new member should stay here. It's up to us to make the learning curve disappear and support these people until steem catches up.  If RC delegations is the answer, fine with me. If we have to delegate sp unitl that happens, then so be it I'm always down to help.