Seems like a lot of discussion going on in chats on discord/slack.
But why not have a discussion here on Steem Blokchain...

This is something that always puzzled me. Why do people always go off-chain for these discussions?

which btw was not acquired today.

Just speculation, but my "reading between the lines" of that announcement makes me suspect that Steemit believes they have enough stake to install a panel of friendly witnesses and control the blockchain's destiny.

Lots of unanswered questions at this point...