Great to hear @steempty! I am thinking about becoming a witness.. I have access to the hardware if I need it and the technical skills to run it, I just have absolutely no time to get it up and running yet! I will do in the coming weeks.

I am currently running a project called the Steemit Success Initiative, which is a project that aims to grow and develop Steemit as a platform, while also helping its users develop and grow as much as they can.
You can read more about it on my page or we can talk more over Steemit Chat/Discord, but essentially I am looking for support from the community to grow the project. Our two month goals is to get 30K SP delegate to us, and I am currently working on making this a reality.

I have also been in contact with Ned, and he is open to talking more about my plans to grow Steemit. Once I get the support, I am going to put together a serious campaign and bring it to the Steemit core team! Let me know if you are interested in helping in any way.