Honestly one of the biggest holds ups on new people coming in are RC and for there to be a clear understanding of what RC is and how much they have. Most people in crypto now understand RC because of systems like Tron, Wax etc that use this.
The big issue however is when someone joins Hive there's no easy way to get hive. There's no fiat to hive system and it's extremely limited on the exchanges that people can access. Fix that issue and you will start fixing the onboarding hurdle.
We need an easier system to onboard people it's confusing AF at the moment and most people hit the page try and do something and realize they can't and the error messaging is a little confusing. Instead of just a little prompt tell them exactly what's going on and how to buy hive. While there are still other things we can improve onboarding this would be one of the cores at the moment that prevents people from taking part and kills retention rates as well as bounce.
There really shouldn't be a reason to have to delegate to someone. If they can't buy $10 of hive with another crypto or Fiat well they most likely are just going to jump in here and keep selling their hive. A small commitment investment can go a long way.
RE: Direct RC delegations vs RC pools and tentative direct rc delegations spec