I did read on the steemitblog, that they are trying to improve the registration process, which could be a great improvement.
Also pity to notice that when the value of steem drops, the interaction on the platform drops.

People should be keeping active on the platform, because maybe the post payout will be less, but because of the fact that also Steem and SBD drops in value, you still will end up with same steem power.