What about Nem (Xem), which is created from scratch after a year of development but people still seem to confuse it with Nxt?
I used to have Nxt, but I'm happy to have gotten rid of it
Probably has something to do with the fact that NEM was originally created as a NXT clone in order to 'fix' the initial distribution of NXT as unfair(despite the fact that the NXT IPO was open to all for 2 months).
While NEM has broken off and done its own thing and separated itself from NXT completely now, I can't really say that I support the idea of giving free stakes to 1000 people as a better option than the other ways of originally distributing a PoS currency. Between the uninforcability of keeping stakes to one per individual, to the fact that the vast majority of stake holders contribute nothing of value and essentially become free riders on the economy, I don't really see the benefit of doing it that way. The incentives don't really line up. That's over and done with though, so there's nothing that can be changed about the past in that regard. But NEM has to demonstrate some value over other established cryptocurrencies if it wants to be a long term competitor.
I'm sure there's some potential in NEM, but they need to reinvent their purpose in a way that makes sense and answers the question of why NEM should be used over any other cryptocurrency.