I'm well aware of what a hard fork has been in the past for coins with miners. But the question posed was this hard fork made by consensus or dictated and with the complex system of miners, witnesses and content creators how was that consensus made?
My impression is that this hard fork and future ones will be made by a power committee, corporate board, etc. That is fine if they own the majority of Steem but calling it a fork is a little disingenuous. Might as well call it a change in the TOS because as far as I can tell that is what it really was.
I'm not sure you are. Reread my comment because it already answered every question or issue raised in your reply, and likely every further question or issue you could raise.
I disagree that you answered my questions posed directly but this blog post is dead so I will let it die a peaceful death.