Surely your answer can be found in a curation trail but this isn't going to save Steem.
Steem needs real-world adoption before it'll be taken seriously.
Imagine people using Steem to buy things in the real world posting a payment proof and you upvoting 10 of them a day so they can recoup some of their costs. Would this not be another way curate positive actions on Steemit?
Now imagine if we targeted a particular business like this for a number of months, then moved onto other companies as the movement grew. Wouldn't this real-world adoption be newsworthy?
Here in Australia Travelbit opened their platform to Steem and nobody used it, and now they are trying another shitcoin.
Another missed opportunity. IMHO
People seem to think the way you make money here, is to accumulate more Steem, but the real way to make money is to ensure the price of the Steem you already have goes up.
Real-world adoption is the tipping point we need.
And a little creative thinking could move that needle.
Bonus Points: Choose a 3-World Country and give the unbanked a reason to adopt Steem. It'll only take one merchant to get started and when a poor community realize they can get stuff for free by posting receipts, the idea will spread quickly.
"Steem feeding the hungry" - Now this is news-worthy.
Good Luck with your burden, but it's a probablem I'd like to have.