I think the community of Hives are been enthusiastic about freedom and wanted to let Justin understand that community matters and with a strong and dedicated community, a lot can be achieved. This is the power of an open source decentralized system, you try to act against the will of the community, they just move ahead by way of fork.
I really love your answer Lizzy. I resonate with that as well.. The Steemit ecosystem had become a monopoly and freedom was needed.
I love the oneness of the community. It made everything transit smoothly.
But now my question is : Would this community learn from the steemit experience and put community first over personal rewards?
I believe that is what would make the platform valuable. And maybe add one or two more products or features to the ecosystem. Probably implement the SMT feature we've been waiting for so long now.
Bringing on SMTs would trigger mass adoption I'm sure and that would drive value to the ecosystem