If I had a friend who wanted an account I would be happy to create one for them this way if they wanted. However I don't know if it's a mechanism which should be overly publicized, as it could lead to trouble from some with more questionable intentions.

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Sounds like an awesome idea, i would be willing to open a account for a friend and send some sbd there way. In my opinion this would make it easier to get people to our platform.

Indeed, the account will just need a simple comment that I created to this account for .... then its verified. Aside from the fact that it can be seen internally by the admin. No need for verification, I guess

Sounds ok to me :-) Considering people make multiple accounts for themselves anyways there would be no higher risk than there is...

> Do you think there should be a direct link on steemit.com to the account creation page?

Yes, sort of like an invitation, would help steemit viral growth!

I want my mother to join actually, she has no creative outlets at the moment but technology kind of scares her away. I would gladly make her an account to ease her in, that would be awesome!

Sound a good idea but its not a guarantee to keep then here, maybe they get there bonus when they have wrote so many posts or reached a  higher Rep :)

My opinion is that creating an account for friends would not be a problem personally for me, the main thing is that friends want it. So far I have not done this, so it's hard for me to give my experience. Link to the account creation page would be logical. Maybe someone has other opinions, it's interesting

Absolutely that's a great idea. I actually just sent a friend the @steemit website link if this was in place I could've easily set her up myself.

Definitely would do this, I have s specific friend in mind for it already.

I hear it the first time and find the idea nich bad. However, I also consider that this system might be abused. Maybe I think because synonymous wrong and everything would run without problems....

This is an excellent idea.

Good idea!!
And add an affiliate feature so people actively look for good bloggers.
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Yes. I would.

This is really a great step towards the success of the steem community.

I know many people that would be great Steemers but they are too lazy to make an account. Maybe this could be useful

A direct link would be great! It would be put to use for sure!

yes this is awesome, that way we can offer a Steemit account to our friends or relatives as a gift, the link on Steemit.com is a must ! resteemed

It's nice to be able to get an account verified right away... Yes I am going to use it for family/friends, but I haven't as of yet. 

Thanks for the always great service blocktrades, I use you guys over shapeshift. 👍

Its definitely something to think about, but probably need to be monitored... people would always find a way around the system....fake accounts should definitely be taken serious as well...I still see promotional videos through youtube, advertising time at peak hours on major media house and a general regional tour in various places would help grow Steemit....

@blocktrades, it's an awesome idea and I would buy a few of my family and friends steemit accounts.  i would like for my young boys to have accounts as well.  They are too young now, but for future use and so I can tag them in my posts.  

I figure if I could start gifting them Steem Power now, they could have some serious  Steem Power in the future.

It's an interesting idea alright, and yes at least if someone is willing enough to invest some of their steem into the person they should at least be real!

I wonder could it ever be made to sell a steem account? Say if you needed money fast and couldn't wait for the power down to complete, you could sell your account with all your steempower in it to someone obviously for a lower price then it's worth!

Oh and now I'm suddenly getting thoughts of all the account names that sometime in the future could well be worth a hell of a lot!

Have yet not used it, but certainly would. Yes, I do support the idea of  a direct link on steemit, as opening up of accounts for new ones at times takes very long. So it seems necessary to reduce the hurdles in order  to speed it up:  
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