The idea on which Steemit is founded might be the future of democratic internet, I actually wrote an article about it u might enjoy: https://steemit.com/steemit/@droucil/how-an-idea-like-steemit-could-change-the-entire-internet
I don't know a lot about the technology behind bitshares but as of what I read it would have the best technology of all current cryptocurrencies, just a bad history. En ja, beter engels voor t geval er iemand mee wil lezen + goed voor engels skills :p