organized farming of the hive reward pool ?

Of course, he didn't get the full HP from it.

But apparently a total of just under $17k in the meantime
and that calculated with the current lousy exchange rates...

the 55k HP with a dollar price instead of 30ct would already be 55k $

organized farming by posting the same post now the 1320th time (he even numbered it :D) getting a few hive for giving out 1 hive (HSBI) or win games where one wins worthless tokens and cards?

And you can't find one really human/personal post from him - the whole account could be a bot from whoever :D

best "marketing" for outside viewer - a big circlejerk
and blind people supporting scammers who exploit them, their own supporters/ fans/ friends
by giving them crumbles for farming rewards

good luck