Just letting you know matey - IIIV isn't a number in roman numerals - VIII is - but I knew what you meant.

If you could do one single thing to help grow steem, to future-proof it, to prevent its destruction or simply to force the price up what would you do and why?

Get rid of the obvious political leftism bias in the management structure.

The pendulum is moving 'back to sanity', IMO, and I think the leftty virtue signalers (and the woke companies associated with that ideology), will be left high and dry as the pendulum keeps swinging away from that perspective of governance.

Meritocratic based companies will not find Steem an attractive proposition to invest in. (not even addressing the DPOS system).
Just my opinion.

I've missed the drama it seems - bugger .....who are you talking about? Any clues?