I see pros and cons to the hardfork. However, I don't think you can hardfork a broken platform into working one. I think they need to go back and make some real changes, not just adjust rewards payouts and stupid shit like that. I definitely agree that free downvotes are theft, especially from the bigger accounts because they can destroy smaller accounts and do it for free twice a day now.

I do think people are being rewarded better but that is only because curation pays better now LoL. People are just moving their money around the platform differently, not much has really changed in the end. Whales are still reaping all the rewards while minnows struggle to stay afloat. The system is broken and until they admit that and focus on it nothing will change. Unfortunately most of the top 20 witnesses are orcas or whales so they are loving the changes and will never do anything that would hurt their income, even if it was for the good of the community/platform.