I suppose at this stage you have to be over average curios on technology, making money and cryptos to get into steemit. The whole " make money for free just writing" is something most people cant comprehend. And most people dont have a well functioning "bullshit" radar. For most people that are groomed by mainstream media EVERYTHING is now a "scam" or "fake news". They have been "told" not to trust anything, and the will just laugh off everything as nigeria scams etc. Most people think bitcoin is a scam. They have noe clue. And these people wont adopt even long after the msm has gotten interested. But as we can see with bitcoin and even ethereum..msm are now writing about it in not only negative words. But I suspect it will take years before we see a mainstream adoption of Steemit. Which is good. It should take a long time. The growth has been amazing anyway. And the early adopters will be getting what they deserve.