I don't think Narrative stands a chance either. From what I read, it's the "Founders" (aka. Whales) who will buy in with enough cash to get control of the "Niches" and appoint their own "Moderators". That will be a highly restrictive and kiss-up-to-the-founders type of environment I would never want to be part of personally.

And we've got SMTs coming. Nobody needs to move to Narrative. There will be plenty of opportunities opened up to everyone here to earn more rewards through the variety of web properties that distribute their own SMTs.

Exciting times ahead for Steem. Narrative? Meh.