I think one of the most important things to get this from launch pad into orbit is to power it through votes. The biggest mistake steemit made was for the whales not distributing votes to minnows. All it takes is 1 out of 10 whale votes, or even taken that 1 vote and dividing it by 10 or even 100 and voting for people posting. At this stage only well trained steemians are active on hive so it's not even a wasted vote. As long as people arent raping the rewards pool this will be a very effective way to create an active and engaged hive community that will attract new users.