Account Creation After Hardfork20: Did we fail?

The most important goal of Hardfork20 was the ease of account creation which aims to set the grounds for global Steem adoption. But hf20 has come and gone, I don't seem to see any improvement concerning user registration on Steem.

Recently, I got a chat from @iamchijamz that he organized a promotion event for Steemit and got people interested to register but they can't complete the account creation process. I offered to help create accounts for them but then account creation through delegation has been disable after Hf20. So I'm now confused concerning Steemit new users registration.

I've heard a few times about discount account claiming by Dapps and users. I learned this is dependent on the Steem power of the user. But I've checked through the @steemitblog posts to see if there's any posts to explain more on it. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any.

I've created a few accounts by paying 6 Steem to get it created through blocktrades but I can only do a few of this. I can't definitely pay for a thousand account or more.

So this is a quick post to ask for clarification on account creation after HF20.

• Did we fail on that part?

• Is account creation easier now after Velocity?

• Is there any post that can explain more to me on this subjects? Someone can point me to it please.

• How do new users now create an account on Steemit?

Please I need answers to these questions or someone should point me posts where these are answered. It is also very important not just to me but to the many others who are constantly promoting Steem to gain global adoption.