Dear Steemfriends, this is not a post I was looking forward to writing, especially as there is material on my desk that I believe is more interesting to readers and listeners. However, as someone who spent a decade of my past life as a scientist, I am apparently still trollable on truth finding.

@lorenzopistolesi - thank you for taking the time to write (and sorry this takes you away from making the great music that I come to enjoy). I want to give you some background.

@chinotattooart contacted me on discord asking for support and explaining the hardships in Venezuela (see appendix 1).

A few moments later he contacted me again saying that they are out of electricity for three days and he has nothing to eat. He asks for 10 STEEM to buy a food box. I sent him 100 STEEM assuming he is asking in good faith.

The next day I ask him how he actually caches out the STEEM to buy the boxes. No reply.

March 19th: He contacts me again from a different discord account (see appendix 3). I ask him what happened to his other account and he said that it has become hard to use due to spam.

A few moments later he is asking for support to buy colors (appendix 4). I sent him another 100 STEEM.

Then @jaguar.force flagged up his picture as plagiarism.

In the posts prior to the one's mention here @chinotattooart made 2 to 70 cents. Then he contacted me. Without questions asked he "makes" 200 STEEM plus gets a 10$ upvote from me (I like to approach people with the full faith and I am not about to change this anytime soon). I also told him that I am going to support his future posts. As far as I can see that is at least a 10x improvement on the post's revenue. If he wanted to start and generate clean revenue he had a method now. He was warned by jaguar.force. I gave him a second chance. He continued posting other people's work without citation.

I am not the only up-voter on Steem. So if you @lorenzopistolesi or anyone else wants to support him that is your choice. I am in kind of a cool-down period with this case.

However, I find it fascinating and important how self-organizing curation networks form in an attempt to improve the Steem ecosystem. This is definitely something I need to understand better.

Here are the posts that I received from chinotattooart on Discord:

Appendix 1, March 13th

Greetings apologize for the inconvenience, I need that support to buy food for my daughter and I know it's a nuance to mention it at all times. But believe me I will pay for it, with the power off or with what I was transferred from the drug wars, please, and I hope to thank you very much and apologize for the abuse. If you want to give me some work to do it and it does not seem that I only ask for money and that's it, it's very important because I just turned 1 year old and I'm born in the ugliest moments of Venezuela. I ask the last support, or the loan, with the condition that you want to give me, I will accept it. I am also suffering from a strong flu that is very bad for me, with irritation in the throat and bone pains. And this government does not have the necessary medicines for me, and if they are achieved, the government of Venezuela sells bags of food every month, and here they are to sell it and I do not have how to pay for it. it would only have a very high price. I ask for your support. https://steemit.com/venezuela/@chinotattooart/it-would-be-an-invasion-the-best-way-to-help-venezuela

Appendix 2, March 13th

How are you? Sorry for the inconvenience and abuse, I'm looking for who can support me in my situation, last week the electricity went 3 days in a row and it hurt, chicken, meat, fish and food that I had saved and now I have nothing to eat, The government is selling a box of food for 1 month or more. The price is equivalent to 10 STEEM or 5 SBD, if you have the possibility to give me some support, what you can, will help me a lot to pay for this.

or with a currency that I can sell and buy food, This is amount for a month or maybe more if the food is rationed. If you have a chance, I would really appreciate it. I await your answer and thanks once more.

Appending 3, March 19th

Hello how are you good night, greetings to you friend, I write why I am in need of seeking economic help due to my crisis in Venezuela, I have to prove that I am Venezuelan and that I am in this tough situation, I need some money to at least buy my drawing materials and continue working little by little .. I would like to ask for your support, for what you can in steem or SBD, and to see my art, I leave this link for you to appreciate and see that I must continue drawing , Thank you. https://steemit.com/art/@chinotattooart/dedicated-to-the-catholic-church

Appendix 4, March 19th

Thank you, I have several drawings to finish but I'm in need of materials, I do not have colors or sheets for new drawings, and what I had left is used in this drawing. I'm looking for who can lend me or who can support me to buy all these materials that they need me and with what they give me the drawings of reward I am paying, little by little but sure.