In the past two years, steem reached the point of receiving a B+ rating, in subsequent years, steem dropped to a C+ rating which is not supposed to be so. After reaching that hight of getting a B+ rating it would have been a great achievement if steem had maybe gotten an A rating. But that is not the issue now,the issue is how can steem move higher in ranking? Inorder to ensure steem keeps improving, we need to first get cost under control to remain economically sustainable and all other things will fall in place.