I believe the combined value of our Steem and our new Hive tokens should equate to at least the same amount or more (hopefully) after the fork. If JS decides to get serious about Steem and make it into what he wants, maybe it rises and I cash out (and buy more Hive). We will see. But I’ll likely just post to Hive after the hard fork.
Agree with you @daveks, the only thing that worries me is that steem will fall to near zero before a 13 week powerdown can complete. This may not be the case but there is diffently a chance of it happening.
JS has aleady taken a loss on his investment. I say he takes a crack making Steemit into something useable.