I share your thoughts @mathewwarn. EOS is obviously coming on the back of steem, out of whose shortcoming it has obviously taken lessons and learnt from. Its capabilities, technical and utility-wise are therefore bound to be more superior.
In regard to the social media platform, however, i wonder what new experiences it will have, besides improvements visavis steemit. Hopefully it will not at best be a clone of steemit.
But at any rate, competition is healthy, and will only benefit we consumers!
Thanks for your thoughts, and support!