You can bet in the bull case that Steemit it will be much different than it is today.
Indeed, it's highly unlikely. So one must see the potential. In a way, like treating an uncut diamond with a vision of what's to become...
In my view this could easily turn into the first mass-adopted cryptocurrency project, beyond bitcoin or exceeding bitcoin. Which (for altcoin haters) is not against bitcoin but complementary to it - as the cryptosphere grows.