lol! yes this is the land of bots that's for sure. The top 20 witnesses are the ones with major input from what I've heard but it seems kind of murky of who makes the final decisions, not sure what the process is. But many brilliant analyst don't like the new hardfork at all so we'll see what happens.
I've also read that many people are powering down and leaving because of it and others have stopped investing money in steemit until they see how it shakes out so those are all a little bit concerning!