Getting people hyped about joining before a platform is ready to accommodate those users is a disaster waiting to happen. We need to fix the issues that cause the terrible user retention first before we can start hoping that anything will moon based on pageviews increasing. Whales need to make sure that the experience is worthwhile if they want to actually grow their stake, right now they're fighting to keep what they have and it will stunt the growth of steemit permanently if they keep at it.