Tron (Justin Sun) is now in control of Steem and Steemit. Sure, a few Steem/Steemit die-hards may very well try a hard fork, but history has shown that rarely if ever does such a venture work. There is a lot more to branching out than buying or renting a few servers. It takes tens of millions of dollars, and numerous business connections (contacts), to be even modestly successful, otherwise you would just be pissing money down the drain. Many have tried...and most if not all have failed.