Really? I see a surge of classic nodes following the announcement
Here we go again. When the number of nodes is not in favor of a controversial HF then you guys claim that it does not really matter, but as soon as the numbers start growing then they suddenly do. 
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The number of nodes is not a reliable metric. and this time they are switching from existing core nodes, core nodes counts are dropping
Jan 29:Classic 0.11.2: 22 Nodes
Core (all versions total): 3796
Other: 1695
Feb 10:
Classic 0.11.2: 589
Core (all versions total): 3825
Other: 1395.
"Switching", "dropping".