The problem is, the structure of the site means that all new users are already globally ignored. Before one has any followers, they are a nobody and the only people who will see their posts are people browsing global or if the tags line up properly. This is already a huge barrier to entry and I imagine a large part of the reason why the retention rate is so low on this site. I myself felt very discouraged when I first came here because it seemed like the old guard of popular users had huge sway, and that if I didn't get noticed by them, my posts would effectively go unnoticed by the site at large. I think framing the discussion in terms of the "right people" and equating that with the people who manage to be patient and persevering enough to make it past the initial wall of obscurity is not really accurate. The site is already frustrating enough to break into, I don't see any good reason to make it even more difficult for new users.