Okay, so I've done some digging around and while I'm not picking up anything definitive, as of six months ago at least, they were requiring members to either pay a fee in STEEM to participate, or delegate SP. That would then go to an account, I presume, that upvotes members. TheAlliance account is definitely receiving SP delegation and it is definitely voting for people.
There may or may not be a rule for alliance members to read and vote for each other. That I haven't been able to find.
At any rate, snook is very persuasive. I can't remember now what she was wanting me to do—it may have been join thealliance. Whatever it was, I decided I didn't want to do it. I'd forgotten that, or I would have mentioned it earlier, but it was you mentioning snook that triggered that part, but still not sure what it was about.
There are currently 16 accounts delegating to thealliance, the bulk of the SP coming from blocktrades.
ok thank you sir Glen, that helps alot and I'll go and read their requirements and all that stuff to see how much they want in fees or whatever they call them.
sir Glen I forgot to ask you if you saw that post that ecoin did about my chair?
I did see the post. It sounds like your chair could stand to be replaced. It might not be so good to have another folding chair, though. :)