haha, that is a lovely dog indeed!
As for referral codes, I tend to agree. It would definitely bring some more people on board. It might look a little scammy tho, and that is not good for Steemit at this very moment.
I am not seeing any short-term value in this fork yet as well. I just hope that devs are seeing a bigger picture and that it is a beautiful picture. Forking for the sake of forking would be unprofessional, to say the least.
And thanks for you support and resteem!
RE: My super outdated (inspired by Steemit's UX) reaction to Steemit hard fork 0.17