I guesss at the end of the day, our job is not to convince them. I beleive steemit will naturally grow as it benefit bloggers who is creative in building followers and content.
BTW, I Resteemd your post, and here is why :
https://steemit.com/teammalaysia/@danieldoughty/resteeming-original-interesting-and-educational-post
Never thought about it. You proved your point. Thank you for resteeming by the way! My name is Daniel too :)