We reviewed the previous downvotes and we consider them to be political and not quality related.

We consider Hive SBI upvotes to be a contribution toward the overall consensus of rewards on a post (i.e. we consider our upvote obligation to have been met when the votes are delivered, even if the value of those votes is stripped by other members of the Hive community).

Our content guidelines are included in our FAQ; the focus is on clear cases (fraud, plagiarism), when it comes to quality things are much less clear-cut and we currently rely more on reports and managerial judgment. In the future this will be managed by an SBI DAO (currently under development, but we do not have a scheduled release date).

Hive SBI units are transferable upon request (request should be sent by 0.001 transaction memo, and are processed manually). This means that they are tradable, but you would have to find a buyer. Our discord rooms are a good place to ask if anybody is interested. We don't track the OTC trade prices, but we think that units usually go for about 0.50 HIVE (since each 1 HIVE effectively creates 2 units).

There is also a refund policy in place, subject to triggering events. You've been a member long enough that you would qualify, but most members that qualify would get more value from selling their units OTC than from our refund policy.

Links to our discord and FAQ are available on our website, and you can also see an estimate of total value already delivered, which is a major factor in how much refund value you might be eligible for: https://www.hivesbi.com/