That is a good question. I think we should observe how the posts on @steemfounders will be rewarded and whether there are any suspects, and then draw conclusions from that and possibly implement some verification method.
It doesn't make sense earlier - now that someone earns 3 STEEM, they can simply open an account, they don't need Steemfounders to do so. The situation will change even more with Hard Fork 20
All true, and this wouldn't be a quick way to generate many accounts either. I guess I am thinking that the rewards of introductory points tend to be higher, so maybe people would think this makes it easier to pretend to do multiple? Not sure, really just thinking out loud here.