It's weird to say but it's nice to see a less than fully optimistic post from you.
I think that Steem will really take off when more apps come to the platform and there are more ways to get coins than just blogging/vlogging etc.
I'd like to make a video game for Steem... maybe just a simple puzzle game, where people could design their own puzzles and get paid to do so if they were good ones and people liked them.