Steemit may remain niche but the Steem blockchain is unprecedented in social media as anyone can develop new social media apps for different purposes all with a shared dataset. Just look at all the Twitter and Instagram clones you can log into with your Steemit info. Much more casual posting and commenting on there, which shows that Steem can be suited for FB / Twitter style posting than Steemit's more Medium / Reddit like interface.
Of course, those are clones and are thus unlikely to be adopted unless they become easier to use and undergo swift strong network effects. It's hard to wrap my mind around it but I also think Steemit will enable new forms of social networks we haven't thought of yet.
oh i don't doubt that it will spark some off-shoots, but i have my doubts about it becoming a more mainstream application for most people.
then again, i've been wrong before. i looked at twitter when it first came about and thought (as a writer)...."140 characters? who the fuck would use that limitation? STUPID."
yeah...it was stupid. a stupid response, anyway. :P
hahahha, yeah you never know what the next big platform is going to be and why....
I thought the same about Snapchat:
"Check out this cool new app called Snapchat!"
"What does it do?"
"You can send pictures to your friends!"
"You mean like I do already with text message? Lol"
BRUH....seriously. my exact reaction too. used it for a little bit and said "nope. this is lame."
but for whatever reason, people eat it up. i must be old or out of touch. i got nothin.