Interesting choice of personalities. All of them understand DPoS, PoB, and the system and philosophy they invested in. Aka the old whitepaper.
Nobody was thrown off any chain, they just didn't receive a stake to earn from or vote with here. Because their voting on steem forced us to create hive in the first place. Without them, this wouldn't have happened.
If the people who voted for centralization followed to hive, I would have powered down here too and joined another chain where they don't. Luckily, those who really worked on the fork agree with me. Anyone who doesn't is free to spin up their own fork, or stay on steem.