They would need to make it as accessible and user friendly as mainstream social media networks whilst simultaneously delivering its values well.

The current selection of apps available for Steemit does not compare to those offered by Facebook, Twitter, Reddit or even blogging platforms like Medium and Tumblr. A good app would be a serious gamechanger.

There's also not enough people on here creating serious content to justify Steemit's existence. Many third-world piece of shit users treating Steemit like a place to dump pieces of work that resemble a third-grader's homework assignment; all in the hope of earning just a few cents. We need to deter those kinds of users in the hope of a forming a community built upon the foundations of higher quality users that can actually string a fucking sentence together.

Plagiarism also needs to be taken more seriously. While it is not really possible to ban people or remove plagiarised content due to the blockchain (I think); I Steemit should proactively report instances of plagiarism to the copyright holders, so that those losers who choose to constantly rip off the work of others will be forced to sell one of their favourite cows, goats or organs to cover all the legal costs.