That is another big flashing red sign.

They are probably busy with the Russian copy of steem they made. The one that has everyones accounts and passwords in it... {facepalm} Half their time and miners will be taken up by that codebase and blockchain now.
I'm sure they will be very busy taking control of mining and recreating the money making schemes that worked so well here in the beginning.
It appears to be a new kind of experimental guinea pig farming... that's in beta...