Let's first worry about the product before talking about the market. The users in numbers asset is as, if not more of an important part to the product than the platform and the genious idea behind it to attach a cryptocurrency to a social network. Are people running toward creating Steemit accounts right now? No, so what makes some Steemians believe an entering fee will turn that around other than a ''free looks like cheap'' argument? Even the video game industry knows better and now more and more lets people try the product before making money on players that really want to get more involve in the game. I thought the plan was long term accounts network development not short to medium term boosting Steem value. You can't offer an additional value to newcomers based on the fee you are asking of them, it's kind of a circular nonsense. Who would pay 15$ in exchange for the promise that more can be made without first knowing what they are getting themselves into?