Thank you for rising this question. I know it seems like users without Blurt can't join Blurt but this wasn't the case always.
In the screenshots that you have shared above you can see Symbionts mentions Crypto/Credit Card as a mode of payment.
But unfortunately there was a bug and it was removed recently and the Symbiont team is looking at the issue.
The Symbionts team had the fiat option and it was removed very recently because of a bug in the payment system.
You can read their announcement around 9 months ago where they announce that they have lowered the fees and added Steem as a mode of payment.
Apart from Blurt, Fiat, Steem there were a dozen most commonly used crypto tokes including BCH, ETH, and TRX (if I remember correctly).
As of now there are two tokens that can be used to create a Blurt account.
If you visit https://joinblurt.com/crypto you can select Steem too.
Users can use Steem to pay and get an account.
Hopefully, the credit card payment mode will be restarted.
Thank you for the background information.
But what I think is most important is the current situation. My post is accurate (as far as I know) regarding the current situation. Things may have been better in the past, but right now we're in some trouble. Yes, hopefully this can be resolved quickly. Maybe with more eyes on the problem, more solutions can be created. The easier we can make it for new members, the better. Extra barriers (and dead ends) are very frustrating and damaging to a community. Thanks for your comment.
I went on digging and has discussions about it. I see that there are people who are creating accounts by sending Blurt from exchanges.
You can see all the accounts that were created by using Symbionts service.
Here's the link: https://ecosynthesizer.com/blurt/@ecosynthesis
So, I have two observations one is that Blurt is not an echo chamber as people are creating accounts.
And the thing I like about Blockchain is that everything is on the chain.
The second observation is that the account creation process is a bit tough for someone who is a complete newbie.
The team is about to come up with an easier way to create an account.
Okay, but that is a very small number of people who are managing to create an account that way. And they have to be crypto literate and holding cryptos on exchanges. That would exclude even someone like me. Things like that are a partial solution for a small number of people, but not a sign of success in our onboarding situation.
Hopefully this easier way to create an account is successful. I hope there are very few barriers for the user. And others can come up with solutions too.
NEWSFLASH~! YOUR FUCKING ONBOARDING NUMBERS STINK~!
HOW MANY NEW USERS IN July 2022: 8
HOW MANY NEW USERS IN June 2022: 17
HOW MANY NEW USERS IN June 2021: 9
MONTHLY ONBOARDING NUMBERS SHOULD BE IN 100'S AND 1,000'S IF YOU WANT TO GROW~!
Can you share the source of this information? Because I personally have onboarded more users than this in the last week or so.
I JUST RECORDED THE NUMBERS FROM THE LINK YOU GAVE US TO RESEARCH~!
You can see all the accounts that were created by using Symbionts service.
Here's the link: https://ecosynthesizer.com/blurt/@ecosynthesis
IF THERE ARE MORE ONBOARDING NUMBERS, WHY NOT DISPLAY THEM FOR ALL TO SEE?
DOES JACOB KNOW HOW LOW THESE NUMBERS ARE?
These numbers are from the Symbionts account creation service. There are other services and ways people can create accounts.
There's the official Blurt signup and there are hundreds of thousands of accounts that were inherited from Steemit.
So, keep your excitement down and look at the numbers on the Blockchain. I can only share the numbers of active users on the platform, you as a developer can pull the complete data from the Blockchain.
Please also understand that I am YELLING in all caps at this SITUATION and not directly at you @imransoudagar
I had no idea it was this bad~!
So Let's See The Current Monthly Count~! Now~~! 20 Total ??? 30??? Do you think 30 a month is enough to Grow & Build Community?
See there are thousands of accounts that were migrated from Steem when it was forked.
So, the growth that you are so worried about is bigger than what you think.
Did you create an account on Blurt or did you have one from Steem days?
Drutter here has like 3-4 accounts for himself and his family that he had created on Steem.
Even if the new signups look low the adoption isn't low. I hope you are able to understand my point because I know you are yelling and not thinking straight.
A lot of people are spreading FUB about Blurt and want to see Blurt fail.
You are a developer and you can easily pull data from the Blockchain and share the data with all of us.
That is great news, we are all looking forward to what you guys come up with. Wish you the best luck with that; and thank you @drutter for raising awareness on this issue.
I followed the instructions to create an account with Blurt and sent the tokens but the account was not created.
I just checked and the Blurt withdrawal is registered in Hive Engine, it also appears in @ecosynthesis wallet.
Is there any way to contact him to have the account created or to have the tokens returned to the originating account?
You can contact them via email or discord.
[email protected]
https://discord.com/invite/Hf7saBFrn4
I agree that as of now only Steem and Blurt can get you an account. The team is working on a better and easier way to get a Blurt account.
I appreciate you bringing this up. I hope it will be solved soon.
Please check the solution I have in mind in the comments above.
I Truly had no idea how bad this Onboarding situation was...
If it were not for @NPTT holding my hand to get me on board BLURT and DELEGATING some Blurt to get me started, I would NOT BE HERE~!
If a Fucking GEEK like ME can't get onto BLURT without help... We May Be Fucked~! ;-)