We need a Steem that is universally positive and attracts and retains stakeholders from all categories who believe in Steem.
Not possible.
Not when major stakeholders have different ideals. Even on different tribes, the way things are set up show there exist different ideas of how things should be.
The phase to have a "unified" vision has long passed when STINC decided to go for a "hands off" approach. The only way to attain that vision now is for majority stake to completely strong arm their way into reality; whether it be through consensus (underlying code) or brute force (via @grumpycat style).
People are going to be people. Without a central authority we need to get used to the idea there is going to be a diversity of views on how things work. Doesn't matter what. Instead of trying to engineer people into one viewpoint, there needs to be more effort on making not only easy to come onboard but to use the platform once people arrive.