"I understand that lots of changes are expected - Steem is being ported onto TRON."

Count on it! Steemit will become a much better place under Tron, especially with the elimination of many long-time Steemit Witnesses and Members who resorted to abusing their power to silence those they simply did not agree with. From what I know of Tron management, it would not and will not tolerate the same kind of abuse that Steemit management appeared to simply close its eyes to.

Having said that, I'm not at all surprised that Steemit is essentially being taken over by Tron. That writing was on the wall for some time now. What I am however surprised to learn, is that the Steem coin is also being taken over by the Tron Blockchain. So I guess Steem / Steemit problems went a lot deeper than just those we saw with Steemit.