The secret soft fork was not voted on fully and was against the DPOS consensus model full-stop. Stop Dev worshipping, as freezing someone's stake is a disgrace. The only thing they were protecting was there ego's and pockets.
The old witnesses have let us all down, not to mention they seem to lie quite alot as well.
I'm glad they are out the way so Steemit can maybe move on and improve. Peace!