Yeah, I basically mentioned a similar sentiment In a previous post about this topic, but nobody saw that post because my npub was so new 😂 it's possible to make the argument that it's a feature not a bug, and the argument I made was that it reflects the "real world" more acurately. When you arrive to a totally new place, you have no friends, it takes time and a lot of effort and interaction before you start finding the people you want to continue interacting with, nostr currently mirrors this in my opinion, and maybe it's not a bad thing, but it is frustrating to come here as a new npub 😅.
That being said I've had this new npub about a month now and I already seem to be getting fairly decent engagement (for my level).
But I do still think there is room for improved discoverability in those early days, Lord knows what though 🤷🏻♂️😅 I'm no dev.