@steemcurator01, @rem.motta. Am sorry the reply will be a little long to address the issues raised.
@focusnow is the top promoter of Steem in Nigeria since February 2018. Almost every Nigerian active on Steemit today came directly or indirectly through him. Some of the Nigerian Leaders and community founders like @samuel20, @whitestallion, @ngoenyi are his direct recruits and many more. He was also a Steem Promoter under Cryptoacademy. Conclusion, he has signed up numerous users on Steemit.
I encourage my recruits to invest in Steem and many of them did. Before the clubs were introduced, I used my account @focusnow to buy Steem for my recruits and transfer to their accounts. After the clubs were introduced late 2021, I started using @lindybaby for my transactions - mostly selling steem. Ofcourse, I first confirmed that the owner will never use the account to publish.
Now lets look at some of the accounts above listed as mine and see if they "earned" much of their Steem, or bought them through @focusnow
- @save2soar: The steemit team knew when I launched this project. I encouraged my numerous followers to Save 10 Steem weekly for 1 year. We agreed to power down after saving for 1 year and send back the Steem and rewards to participants. We used @save2soar to gather the savings and sent back the rewards after 1 year as agreed. If @save2soar was owned by @focusnow, then, the 32 users that supported the project would also be owned by @focusnow. Here was my final report for the @save2soar project, interestingly also voted by the steemit team to acknowledge it -
Note: I will use Steemy tool https://steemyy.com/transfer-viewer/ to show that many of the users above bought Steem through @focusnow and powered up Immediately or shortly after signup. I helped them buy the steem. I helped them sell the steem too.
- @okoro24: Bought 750 Steem. Powered up and left for more than 1 year. He powered down and sold recently. He needs his money back.
- @anurika: bought 250 Steem. Powered up and left for more than 1 year. Powered down recently to retrieve their money.
- @chizikky187: I called her to buy Steem when it was low. She bought 640 Steem through Poloniex. Ofcourse she also powered down her earnings to takee care of her tuition.
- @estherbabe: Bought 100 Steem powered up and left for close to 1 year. Powered down and sold recently.
I will not continue because the list is endless. @deben my recruit also bought Steem after Signup. He told his father @prubsons. about Steem Business directory and helped him buy and power up 166 Steem. Not all the users bought Steem. Some did a few posts, got tired and after some time, powered down.
Things to consider and possibly conclude
1. Does farming accounts invest in Steem longer term - up to 1 year as many of them did above?
2. Is it wrong to help new users sell their Steem after you have encouraged and assisted them buy the Steem? Or even if they just decided to power down and sell the earnings from 1 or 2 posts?
3. I used the steemcurator04 as a greeter in Newcomers community. Did I abuse it by voting these accounts mentioned above, in order to earn from the alleged farming?
4. I use @focusnow, @steemalive and @steem-alive accounts for curation. Was any of them used to increase the earnings of the above farming accounts?
5. I am the founder of SteemAlive community. @steemalive has 50k SP. @focusnow has 21k SP accumulated by powering up and working hard. How much did I need or make from the alleged farming accounts above?
I will not comment much on @deben recruits many of whom I did not recruit and support personally. This is an ongoing investigation. and I encourage the Steemit team to look into the matter well. Thank you.