I heard about ETC long time ago but I only consider this project when ETC was listed on Coinbase.
Hope ETC can expand the ecosystem as ETH does. (ICO use ETC token, etc)
Lol ICOs, that's what overinflated ETH in the first place. ethereum classic devs really don't care about ICOs they just want devs to build dapps (and sidechains eventually?), they are also heavy researching about IoT
If developers are researching the IoT, they may have plans to use innovations in the project. This can bring immense popularity and many will pay attention. I think now many projects will pay attention to promising developments and try to implement them.