well in case of d-sound the allocations went straight to the community as it was used to support artists with generous upvotes. That being said to answer your question we will have to se w as so many apps are connected to steemit and the general user often think steeem and steemit are the same ...so yes I do believe damage was done . As for relying on steemit sme of the major developers are going to build their own platform because of this mess so in the end steemit or SHNed shot themselves in the foot ...