We're still feeling the effects of the Bitcoin Cash fork. Once a precedent is set, it's very hard to turn over!! These forks just won't stop now.
And the worst part: there are plenty of shitty exchanges that will list these scams to draw in traders and volume.
Indeed, I have never been a fan of HF...
As most of the code is public if you want to build your own coin, just do an ICO to show what is really your project about...