Well i think its not just about gaining new steemians ,i think its about proper culturing on the duties of a steemian ... Educating them on places their content will reach the desired audiences and in turn give back income as well..... So i think uplink or referral guidance will easily stop the trend of new steemians leaving, because they feel the steem community is so vast they dont understand most aspects of it, like earning, spreading content etc.... word press Blogs can be used as a platform for this ,becoming an introductory tool on everything about steem and benefits of being a steemian, as well as advertising the steem community .... Thank you