Can scorum beat steemit in next few years?

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I have a mixed feeling about this. If they are clear with their goal, I think it will definitely be a wonderful platform in the near future and there is a high possibility that it can easily beat steemit. I see lots of things missing in steemit. First of all I would like to say two important points. Steem is different from steemit. And Scorum is completely a different blockchain which was forked from steem. 

Steemit

I completely agree that steemit is definitely a great platform and we see lots of engagement from people. There is one big problem. The website is maintained by Steemit Inc. The big problem I see here is that their road map is not clear. For the past 3 years we have been in the same beta version. Even though there are lots of changes happening to steem blockchain Steemit Inc has not taken enough responsibility to update the user experience. Steemit is just a user interface provided by the company Steemit Inc for the steem blockchain users. There are many brilliant user interfaces already available on top of steem blockchain that provides better usability for the users. In that way, I would say that steemit will not survive longer duration if it is going to be like this for years. 

Most of the people who are starting their journey in steem blockchain consider steemit to be their UI for everything. It takes lots of days and lots of understanding to know that Steemit is just a User interface for the steem blockchain. After understanding that fact it takes quite a lot of effort for them to look for a better alternative and user. But they already get tired and easily quit steemit completely. Honestly I had tough time explaining about a user interface for steem blockchain to one of the user. He actually took it offensive thinking that I was trying to canvas him to start using a completely different blockchain. He started saying that he is really happy with steemit and he will not need any other blockchain. Then after a lot of discussion I was able to make him understand that the user interface that I'm talking about also belongs to steem blockchain and the articles they add via this interface will also be visible in steemit.  

Scorum

I would say that there is a high possibility that scorum can beat steemit if their intentions are right and their road map is clear. I would also like to say that anything that is decentralized can have issues because there is no one to take responsibility completely for anything and there is also no one to blame in such situation. In the case of Scorum, the major drawback that I see is that they are focusing only towards sports. On the other hand steemit provides opportunities to write about various topics that includes sports as well. I can just showcase myself as one example. I'm not at all a sports person. I find it really challenging to make use of scorum to contribute articles and get reward. I created an account there but never used it at all. 

So for people who are not for sports platform, scorum will not add any value to their life. That is a major drawback that I see. In a way we can definitely say that it can easily bypass steemit if scorum becomes one of the best platform for all the sports users all over the world. Only then it will have scope towards growth. There have been so many people contributing both in steemit as well as scorum. If there are some good features introduced in Scorum and the platform becomes more user friendly and of course popularity, all these factors can definitely contribute for Scorum's success. 

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