Actually, the steadiness of Doge's dollar value is what makes it a really useful coin. You can use it to move money from exchange to exchange without really losing through fluctuations of price.
Having a steady value means it is more likely to be used as a currency than as an asset. If more online retailers accepted doge, I think it would be used more than bitcoin (people tend to hoard bitcoins).
True. That is why I think that Dogecoin might become more useful for everyday payments than Bitcoin itself. Having the convenience of speed and price stability, would help the cryptocurrency become used in the mainstream world.
I noticed a while back that because it is such a fun little coin, people are happy to tip with it. Which means they'll be happy to spend it too, if online wallets allowed them to.