I feel as if focus needs to be directed at building out onto further platforms such as mobile. A clean full featured app listed on the App Store with built in paid functions like auto vote or auto follow with some detailed settings could really bolster income for the project aswell get a lot of visibility for Steem.

When it comes to staking I read somewhere about linking staking rewards to activity rewards, so those that do not participate in the community on some level can not benefit from the staking.