I still cannot see the value of what they did with the fork. I am still trying to decipher it all. One thing did happen is that because I could to work my post and reply to comments and upvote the number of followers leaving comments dropped 40%. On top of that I had picked up a decent amount of followers from that post (22 September) and only a small number are coming back.
Frustration is the name of the game.
To many Steemians it was like their car engine changed from fuel to electric and needed to recharge first. But they still wanted to go from A to B and were unable to. Frustrating, no matter if the change had to be done to secure Steem for the future. Preferably doing its thing on the background where Steemians only have to remember to make sure to have some Steem Power in their wallet. Like batteries need to be charged in an electric engine car.
The way it did go was bad for about a day, I have experienced the same 'lock'. Things are in place now and should balance itself out more over time.
My account has over 3000 followers, but that number does not actually mean a thing. The members really interacting with me really matter. And the ones that really mean something to you will return. Many wend on a Steem break for a bit, they will come back.