The number of followers you have elsewhere is utterly irrelevant if they don't come to steemit and participate.  But if they do, then presumably they will be upvoting (and commenting on) your content.  That's the great advantage and **built in incentive** content providers have on steemit if they already have a social media following.  This is precisely why steemit is in the early stages of viral growth as a growing number of content producers are coming to steemit in order to finally monetize the following they have cultivated on Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, etc.

By the way, although your introduction post did not earn eye-popping rewards, its earnings were MUCH higher than average.  This is most likely because the steemit community appreciated the fact that you have an existing social media following, recognizing that you could therefore help grow the platform more than the average user here.  In essence, they gave you an advance payment on that growth in order to whet your appetite.  

Bottom line: while I think there is value to the discussion you started with this post, there's simply zero need for a protocol change.  The steemit community has already given you the "seed capital" you need, and you already have an existing base of followers.  Just make sure they know you're now on steemit.com!