I can't say adsactly are a good bunch.
They upvote their own bad quality posts to several hundred dollars, and if you ask them if that is a good idea for steem and long-term profits, you get flagged.
And of course there is that "you have to join to get explanations" and "you can't understand from outside" and such.
They are like a cult.
Can't say I agree with them, at least we're on the same page there. I added them because they're big and do have influence... but yeah, some people also told me in DM to be careful with them. I guess that like in every place there are some good people there but it smells a bit like my government, and look where my government has brought my country (Cuba) to.