On the one hand I agree - the initial impressions are bad because it's all just hard to use and confusing.
But because I was using Steemit in 2016 everything seems more evolved now - to me at least.
And I think it will work in the end - if 3Speak develops like Leo finance it could be rapidly going places in three months - but right now it has a bunch of issues
RE: Why is the sign up process so ridiculously cumbersome?