It's just a matter of how we will prioritize giving away a free Steem account + delegating Steem Power. As I'm sure you know, those things are not free, so we don't want it to get abused, and also prioritize where it has the most impact. But as I said, it's a guideline and one of the metrics we'll look at.

Anyone who are interested in joining Steem can of course still get hold of an account through other means like on steemit.com and then still use steempress afterwards.