There ought to be a fund pool to be distributed to projects approved by maybe say stake power (Steem power). Instead of all the money going to witnesses, early investors and bloggers. It's the Tragedy of the Commons if a single witness decides to pay for ads or say pay for say developers of say Steemfiles. So in aggregate an investment which would help the Steem ecosystem should be paid by the blockchain itself.
Now voting on posts kind of allows this but it's the Tragedy of the Commons again.
This has been suggested in several ways by numerous people - including me. It appears that when it comes to supporting projects, Steemit Inc. prefers to keep the decisions centralised currently.
Yes. I am thinking we could do something like this on a microscale. I proposed a project for another alternative to downloading d-tube videos. Those that are interested can buy into it and and everyone else is locked out. The first ten users get a piece of the action. If nobody is interested, then I don't lift a finger beyond writing the proposal.