Yeah, a lot of weirdness there...
If you sell your Steem, who do you think is going to buy it and then increase his votes against our community desire?
SteemPeak is actively talking about alternative names in case they have to go it alone (which it's looking more and more like the case.) Their front end is the best (in my opinion) anyway, and it wouldn't take too much effort to rebrand and create the new community.
Come and join us...
https://discord.gg/7n7NG6m