Spot on as usual @choogirl
I agree that from a technology perspective STEEM offers nothing better for DApps compared to genuine smart contract platforms, but what it does have is a decent network effect and a social media type front end where DApps can be promoted and hyped. DApp hype is certainly the flavour of the month here during this Crypto Winter, but that can change. It used to be SMTs and we've seen that amount to nothing so far. The market is ficke when it comes to hype but anyone who's been around since at least 2017 should know that hype (and ignorance of the underlying tech) can easily drive a market.
From a blogging perspective I'd have thought something better would come along and I have been looking, but I haven't seen it yet. So if we get Crypto Spring soon (before a genuine alternative emerges) then there could yet be a run up for STEEM.
Yes, that's true re blogging.
So far I've been underwhelmed by the dapps. Nothing is better than the orgininal they are trying to disrupt. At least steemitworldmap is doing something original!