[kelsey9876543]

Forks don't suck, BSD is a fork. There would be no linux without forks. Libreoffice is a fork, when is the last time you ever heard somebody say the cursed words "open office"? Probably about 15 years ago, when it was forked. Forking is normal and encouraged. Fork for literally no reason, all the time. It's fine.

[leidenfrost]

That's a big survivor bias you have there.

Most forks don't even become relevant enough to be known

[seba_dos1]

So what? Same applies to most projects in general.

[lovepronmostly]

Another prominent example KHTML forked to WebKit forked again to Blink.

I understand both points of view. Ideally if you decide to fork it and you're willing to take it up then leave a note in the issues on the original mentioning the fork. The original might decide to point to your fork or at least others can go look if your fork looks like a better fit for their needs.