I think we need a few major players here on steemit. Even if that means paying them to play. If we could manage to get one or two famous people to switch over to steemit then they would bring a huge following with them, depending on who they are. If we had a celebrity, sports player, famous musician, Etc. I think that would take steemit to the Moon. Everybody would be following them and jumping on their bandwagon. This person would also stand to gain a lot from their investment because others would be grateful for their appearance here and in turn give them more support. This could create a violent Whirlwind that would spin out of control and take steemit to the Moon.