Wow man you got a good eye. Nice catch on that. Interesting.
For me a simple minnow who like to post and vote I do nt see how it matter who a witness is.
I have voted for witnesses based on their post that I liked. I liked their personality.
But this has nothing to do with being a witness. What they post and who they are has no effect on my enjoyment.
Witness are the back of the platform creating the blockchains I can't understand and dont care too.
I did find this interesting. You got a vote and follower. But why does this matter to us little guys?
I assume if the steemit employees are voting in or out certain people it might have to do with their computing power and how many blocks they make per day which i think is important for the community.
But Like I said I don't really know why they do that nor care to understand the witnessing side of steemit.
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Witnesses do two things: 1) sign blocks which keep the blockchain going, 2) decide whether to accept upgrades developed by Steemit. Unofficially, witnesses also: 3) operate seed nodes so nodes can connect to to the network and 4) help promote and develop the ecosystem and platform . 1) and 3) require the ability to manage, operate and maintain high availability and eventually high-capacity IT infrastructure. 4) requires good judgment in deciding how to focus efforts to achieve the best outcomes for the community. 2) requires good judgment along with either understanding of blockchain design and implementation (which encompasses not only the technology but also the economics surrounding it) and/or good judgment in relying on the advice of others if personally lacking in this expertise.
Please do not follow the advice of this post, even though I find some aspects of its analysis to be interesting and significant. Do vote.