You're correct, Adversity does seems to bring out the best and worst in people, the HF was really a turning point and since then steemit has seen outrageous changes, the DAPP and all, but the truth is not too many people love these progress and development, steamy.inc stops power down? I have a premonition they will start another one
They now Power Down only what they need for 800,000 Steem a month, at least supposedly.
They have been powering down a very long time, it is good in my opinion. It is funny how many people want Steem to do well yet, they don't want it to change - can't have change without changing.