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# Helpie's Fork Position

Recently, a lot of discussion has been happening concerning a recent hard fork pull request, and Steemit's reaction to it. We would like to make our position clear concerning this matter.

In quick summary, there was some discussion where a quick PR was coded up which would have targeted select accounts and effectively make their funds inaccessible. It was nowhere near being adopted, but it was the cause of delegations being removed and power downs from the main Steemit account going directly to exchanges.

### In general, we do not support, and would never consider any fork that would freeze funds of any account on the chain. 

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# Thoughts From the Team

## @eonwarped:
I think it goes without saying that none of us think that the fork is a good idea. My general take on the current crazy: overreaction and snowball effect. Almost nothing about the situation has actually changed. Yes, power down and delegations pulled, but exit scam? Not even close. 

Steemit stake powering down is actually good for us. There are concerns about hiding and market manipulation, but I think that's such a minor, minor issue. Even in the worst case, let it happen. I'll be buying. STEEM communication obviously was non-existant, which is the cause of the panic. But, I am glad that  communication is happening.

Further, I am okay with the way Steemit is prioritizing its resources. [Hivemind is launched](https://steemit.com/hivemind/@steemitblog/hivemind-is-live) and that opens up a lot of possibilities. They were also doing what they said they were... reducing costs. 

## @swelker101: 
I am 100% against the fork. While there may be arguments on the way the stake was obtained, that is now well behind us. We must look to the future, and I feel that adding the threat of being able to remove stake on the whim of a few people hurts the chances of luring any investors that may be interested. I do not feel that adding more problems is the way to solve any current issues.

## @meno:

I am strongly against any fork that would remove or freeze funds from any stakeholder. 

In my view, nothing has changed. When I joined the platform, Steemit was the biggest stakeholder. When I bought STEEM for the first time, they were still the biggest stakeholder. I accepted this as part of the deal, so to speak.

The idea of the biggest stakeholder on STEEM working against their own interest, being equated to a bad actor, is also something I can't accept, both logically and ethically.

Yes, Steemit Inc. has made bad choices.  Yes, their communication has often been lacking. But again, their mistakes don't make them our enemy and they certainly don't justify forking them out of the main chain, as some have suggested.

### **The final four of us (Carrie here🤩) are all in agreement: Fork is no bueno.**
 We have no ground-breaking new thoughts to add but simply wish for you all to use forks as they are meant to be... for cake. 🍰 We'll get through this, guys. Just hang in there. 😍

### Yours,
The @helpie Witness Team

@carrieallen
@eonwarped
@isaria
@meno
@paintingangels
@pechichemena
@swelker101

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