if any of the excluded accounts feel they were improperly treated, they can submit a proposal on the Hive chain to have Hive funds equal to their Steem funds at the time of the fork distributed to them. Of course, those with Hive tokens would have to agree and support their proposal (which I find very unlikely), but it does, at least, create an opportunity for them if that's the right path forward.
I'd vote for a proposal to return all funds to users that were not SINMS funds. How many tokens is this anyway? I imagine it's a relatively minor amount of tokens, but creates a large perceptual impurity in the new chain. We shouldn't be taking tokens from those we disagree with.
I wouldn't word it as "taking tokens from" because those who put in the work to actually make the code changes did so voluntarily and those who run the code do so voluntarily. It's an airdrop.
Unfortunately, I don't think the amount is minor and that's another reason I disagreed with the approach so strongly.
My first comment on Hive here!
perhaps. I really view Hive as the legitimate continuation of the original Steem chain. But you are right, it's my voluntary choice... on the other hand, with power comes responsibility.
Yeah, if Steem dies (and I don't know why it wouldn't) I think it will be known as a legitimate continuation of Steem (Hard Fork 23!)
Until then... hard to say.