I am learning about Steemit as I go. I have not purchased any crypto currencies yet as I am not sold on using Gemini or any other platforms. Well, today, I wanted to give it a try, because my account was locked out, so I thought I would purchase some. 2 issues came up.
- Transfer would take 4-5 business day! (Wtf) My wire from Bank of America takes 1 day (seriously)
- No one specifies how much the wire fee will be, so if I just want to buy $50 worth, but the wire will cost $50, it will not make sense.
There should be something created in the future where @Steemit, @Dan have a one stop shop to handle all currency w/d and deposits. For a laymen like myself, this is way too many hoops to jump through. It's not that I don't want to invest in Steemit, but having a general platform, or for 
So for the sake of this argument, I felt really discouraged from continuing as now I have to worry about exceeding a limit on my posts and blogs. I get the spam part, but come on, not everyone that joins, has bitcoins or Ether lying around. Think big, If you want to become big. Not every one that will join from the outside world will be a crypto-geek.
What @Steemit @Ned @Dan should do, is meet with folks like me with no background in blockchain, and figure out how to simplify this mess. I am willing to invest money into this platform, but it has to be simplified.
Use the Zappos analogy, they want to talk to people. They don't want to not respond or not want to talk to people like most companies. (Customer service) will take any of these cryptocurrencies to the next level, not some nerd behind a computer making things up as they go and not be able to talk to them. Please excuse my frustration, but sometimes you need thinking from someone out of the equation! god bless!