Very interesting. We meant to make an article in the @hiq.magazine about VYB, but we dropped it since all the info I got was "no more downvotes for Lucy and sift666", while both seem to have abandoned the project.
We actually scored an interview with theMarky for our next issue who is like the core representer of the downvote abusers ( I would guess). So balancing that out with highlighting the community that tries to get rid of downvotes seems like a good angle.
I might get all the info I need in this post series of yours, but what I am specifically interested in is how you turned around the price for VYB which was constantly dropping before and I would really like to know more about the proofofbrain war. I tried to ask proofofbranio himself what happened but he did not respond.
Anyways, despite me having not much time having a full time job starting this month and being a member of the @hiq, I would actually be interested in getting more involved in creating a downvote free community. I think there is a world where downvotes could be actually used to regulate overvalued posts (like it is always claimed) but as the meta is right now around downvoting I think the function should be disabled.
Maybe one more salty thing: I think the name "VYB - verify your brain" is really poor while "PoB - Proof of Brain" is worth a lot in branding itself because of the cool name. This would be my biggest critcism towards VYB.