Thanks for your feedback. Regarding your points, we are aware that in order to onboard the masses we will need to have a seamless user experience and onboarding process, which is what we're currently focusing on.
We've prepared campaigns with international brands and "influencers" already, but have been holding them back on purpose until we have improved and simplified the onboarding process.
Still, with news like this it makes sense to raise awareness for Appics - since it's not just another way to host your content, but to earn and get rewarded directly and independent from Ads. What makes Appics attractive right now is that you have the early adopter advantage. It's always good to be ahead and establish a following early, before a platform becomes widely known an popular. This is why my team and I posted regularly on Steemit since the early days, even though the user experience was not even close to other traditional social media platforms.

So in conclusion, all the points you mentioned are clear to us and in the works, but at the same time we can spread awareness and either they will join now, sooner or later.