I would say that based on these revelations, 99% of Steemit users would estimate that they have little or no control over the direction of the platform. Regardless of how much work is done by the 99%, the 1% could pull the plug at any time and walk away with whatever profit has been accumulated on the platform. Not that this is likely to happen, as the premise of this cryptocurrency holds good in the minds of most of the 90%, and people will keep putting time and money into it. IMO, not worth wasting a lot of time for a few cents on each post, particularly if the next hardfork continues the downwards trend in earnings for most users.