How do you attract anyone to create and curate content?
First Impressions
The trending page is a SNOOZEFEST and very deeply entrenched in hive, fin or blockchain topics. Most personal content is not a good indicator of potential earnings.
Say your friend sends you a link - you login and you see the content, half of the content would go over your head and if you still keep perusing you'll come across content with disproportionate rewards. You think to yourself, I can do this.
You make a couple of great posts with 0 payout and giveup.
If you're lucky, good curators find you and encourage you to continue.
The buddy system
Like when you onboard a person to an organization, they get a buddy to ask questions that makes the process smoother. The blockchain is not complex but there are tons of uncertainities for layman that need to be addressed.
Remove auto-votes and trails
Every blog should be voted according to individual merit, as I said disproptionate rewards present a wrong picture of what kind of content is awarded on HIVE.
What are your thoughts on attracting users?