While I think that niche blockchains are going to do very well, there are going to be many of them competing for space and use case. I am hoping/ investing on Steem being able to offer much of the same except have all of the use cases distributed across the one chain. I believe that in the future, this will lead to a more stable and consistent result with far less risk than a narrow use that will find it hard to evolve and hold an audience in a new and innovative industry.

The beauty of Steem is it can always evolve with the changing trends without having to reinvent itself from the ground up and, it is the community itself that will drive the direction of evolution.