@jerrybanfield sadly it doesn't seem all this effort to ask for votes is helping you much up the witness ladder. You are putting a lot of sweat as well as Steem into this but it doesnt seem to pay off. All your encouragement and pumping hype to others to become witnesses seems to be turning out hollow. Sure I understand you want a cut of the 93% of the pie you'll get if you join the top 20 oligarchs, but the point about oligarchs is, they don't let the peasants into their cozy game.