They started to run Justin Sun's code the same day they made this announcement:
That post was made six days after the HF announcement. Are you sure you are not confusing the dates? Or am I missing something?
Just to be clear, I am not trying to argue or to prove a point (I am saying this because sometimes people get upset with me with the way that I attempt to present ideas online...it's tough to convey the full meaning of a message on a keyboard)