Its a tribe.
About the Hostile takeover, I was there dude when it happened!
I moved to Hive day one (while a lot took months or half years to finally move), which these post proves:
Before the Hardfork: https://www.lassecash.com/steem/@lasseehlers/hostile-take-over-of-steem
When the Hardfork had happened: https://steemit.com/lassecash/@lasseehlers/lassecash-token-swapped-to-hive
I guess many others waited to see how the Hive will work, before actually switch to it.