I tend to not get ingrained into the politics on here, yet I do sympathize. It was good to see you back up on the witness list. You've had my vote for a long while simply because of what you do spearheading your bots.
After reading the comments, I did go through and get some upvotes onto cheetah. It honestly hadn't crossed my mind before, even though it should have. Thank you for what you do.
While is by no means the best method for witness voting, I've tended to keep my smaller vote for those in particular for those users who have created and continued to develop rather integral projects on here.
I do truly believe plagiarists and 'ass-holes' (the user) would be running rampant on here were it not for your work. While I know my reach is limited, I'd be happy to write a post (I'd send anything liquid) or bring it up on the @steemittalk podcast asking for people upvote your bots. If you're ok with that.
On a closing note. I do stand with you that having steemit inc having such large influence over the witness list seems (at least in my mind) to defeat the whole purpose of creating such a 'council.' Dissent is important. "Yes men" create things like Windows Vista. Lol
Thanks for the support, it means a lot to me. Feel free to discuss it with others!
And yeah, I agree on them creating "Yes men", or a sword of Damocles situation. We need to be smart with progression.
I finally got this put together. Hope you see some effects!