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RE: The Reports from the Witnesses 2018-01-07
In my view there are several top witnesses who are well worth the pay, and some that are not.
I would love to see more individuals come along who are able to add sufficient value to earn a top 20 spot, and work their way to the top. It is not easy, but it is possible. There are several individuals (jesta, myself, netuoso, aggroed for example) that have done it.
A good top witness will be taking steps to grow the value of STEEM. Even though they themselves are making a lot - if they do a good job, they will actually earn the entire community more than what they are paid.
Oh, if that's your concern: I'm not intending to become a witness. I'm just interested in the system and the economics behind it.
I would like to write a speculative post about witnesses, but I fear downvotes. Can you promise me to undo possible downvotes by zeroing them out with an upvote big enough?
It wasn't a concern about you joining, it was the opposite - I would like to see more witnesses join (not less).
Also, I wasn't necessarily speaking of you specifically - anyone who can add value to the platform through a witness campaign would be good to consider it.
Well, my upvote is not nearly enough to counter most of the the larger stakeholders. I also can't guarantee that without knowing what the content of your post is.
In general though, I would encourage people to post what they feel is important even if it means becoming targeted.
If you want to protect your main account, you can create a "throw away" account via AnonSteem.
So that's where berniesanders was born. Whoever that is created quite an atmosphere in which you better want to shut up.