I was asked to write about the group that has been receiving downvotes from @ocdb for the last few weeks. See this post.
It was started by @done who connected with people he knew and trusted when he was here in South America. Each person paid 10 HBD and had to learn how to make acceptable posts on Steemit. When each one was able to create original content, they each could invite two friends outside their household to mentor and explain things to, and on and on.
You could not invite someone to "the club" for one month minimum, if I remember right. The rules said you had to get reasonably used to it first.
@Neri0x was the one who would bring people in from Venezuela because the currency there was collapsing and the population was using bitcoin for daily purchases; at the time six confirmations would take from 10 to 48 hours if you spent a ton on fees.
There was a minimum activity level that each needed to maintain or they would lose their upvotes - they would need to be approved again.
A lot of people needed the money but did not have good cameras and they cheated. But @done fought for them. They learned and got better at it.
The fork kind of messed things up I think. I know a few of the people in Argentina, some I met and some not. Some are doing really well on making posts.
I don't have a lot of time to read long posts and I respect people's time and attention, so I keep mine short. If there is not a lot to say, then I don't say it.
Here are more of my offensive photos
And here's my account on Hive.
I never claimed to be the best photographer