I don't think it's fair to compare the "eth classic" fork with the hive fork, and I also don't think it's fair to consider one branch of a fork to be the "real" branch and the other "fake". Ethereum Classic vs Ethereum, Bitcoin vs Bitcoin Cash, Steem vs Hive ... the only universal truth is that one branch took the brand name and the other branch yielded the brand name. Except for that, it's all a matter of perspective.

Well, there is one big similarity between the Steem and Ethereum fork. In the case of Ethereum, when faced with the DAO-problem, Vitalik behaved like he owned the blockchain. After SteemIt was purchased by Justin Sun, he behaved like he owned the Steem blockchain. I actually think Justin Sun was more right - I think the real WTF was not that the company was taken over, but that the company owned like 50% of the tokens without anyone taking notice of that. I didn't know it. It's for sure not a real decentralized blockchain if all that prevents one party from performing a 51%-attack is a gentleman's agreement.