I'd really like to see both chains do well, and develop their own "personalities." If they do, it would help establish the ("somewhat") decentralized blockchain model of online content... of many different kinds.

For starters, the signup process has to be made easier. We live in a world where 99% of people expect "Login with Google or Facebook," and anything beyond that is too difficult. That, right there, was always the main thing that held me back from broadly promoting Steem. That, and the lack of a viable internal messaging system.

I'd still like to see a peer-to-peer marketplace here... along the lines of a Craigslist-meets-eBay type thing. The SteemLeo "LeoShop" is a great initiative for digital goods, but let's expand into physical goods, too.