Because I was mentioned here, as one of those who would go way down in "Community Vote" list (i.e. list re-organized in a way that only the number of voters matters, disregarding voters stake) I feel that I need to reply.

According to your list I would go down 15 spots. That's a lot, but you forgot to take the time into account.
@steemed is on Steem since beginning, @ned's and @dan's accounts are only one day older. Please compare that time to time I had to gather votes.

I posted my witness application 47 days ago. There are only three users with higher number of votes that registered later to Steem and are placed higher in that classification and one of them made me into top50 (Thank you @anyx) allowing me to get votes from regular users, because other than that only those who were able to user cli_wallet could vote for me. Voting for random witness (i.e. outside of top50) is a feature added just recently.

I upvoted this post even if I disagree, because I believe it would help to create awareness of witnesses role and how important it is for Steem. That is exactly what I'm trying to achieve.

Anyone who would like to talk about witnesses related topics can contact me directly on steemit.chat, as Gandalf or join #witness channel.

And by the way: Vote for witnesses, your vote does matter.