Witnesses

If you have an account on Steemit, you can vote for witnesses. One witness promotes himself and you will see the advertisement appear under many posts. If a name is known, which you probably know from television, you are more likely to vote.

The list of witnesses was recently cleaned up. A few weeks ago I had a look and the past few years it was a mess. There are still names on the list of people who have probably not been active on the platform for a long time. I did not go and see if their account was still there, I thought that was too much trouble. It was annoying that you had to scroll quite a bit to find that one (new) witness who registered later.
I went through some of the more well-known names and one thing struck me and that is that the information that the witnesses provide is old or simply not there.

You can vote 30 times

At first, I thought: Okay, I'll just click on the most well-known ones, then 30 will be satisfied and then everyone will be represented and happy. But... is that realistic?
When I sat down for a moment I wondered what I knew about the most well-known witnesses... Uh... who can I name and do something that I say: That's useful for me.

Nowadays (which is about time after all those years on Steemit) I know a bit more about the witnesses who (do or do not) make an effort for this platform and the users. I will not elaborate further on the extent to which it is/is not allowed to spam a message under each post when you have voted (to be honest, I find this extremely annoying! The automatic messages from witnesses dominate, causing normal comments to disappear from view. Witnesses, is this really necessary? I have disabled a number of you who gave the option to do so and if not I removed my vote, sorry).

What else do I have to share? I am old-fashioned and expect service, a reaction when I have a problem.

True: the notifications often do not work. Regardless of what is said, if multiple Steemians are mentioned there are always a number of people who do not receive a message. I thought this problem was solved, but it turned out not.

Who do I vote for?

• For the witness I know (fine if you call that cronyism)
• The person I can use or whose "tool" I use
• The person with a new idea that I think can help this platform improve

By the way, I don't like politics.

I recently removed almost all votes for witnesses and left a small number. I will look at these votes in the next weeks/months and decide whether to vote or not.

Steemit isn't improving?

I read that complaint more than once. If you check the witnesses and read a bit, you know this is wrong. The platform had a "facelift" this year. Did you notice that?

My choices for now, if I didn't vote for you I have no clue what you stand for.

1. steemchiller - I use your steemworld.org more often than ever. I didn't understand much of it before and sometimes I still stare at all the information that is provided, which at times is a bit too overwhelming but it is a great help and so have you been (for example when my accounts were hacked).

2. italygame: I love the community, I think the fanbase is great but unfortunately I can't use it. Whalevault is there but I can't get the authorization. I keep getting error messages (the most idiotic ones) so for now I can only read what a great help it is from others. I think shield-it is a plus. A good initiative also used for #charity. Perhaps you do much more, if that is the case I would like to hear about it.

3. xpilar: I have used botto.steem a few times and that went wrong. We spoke to each other via Discord. I assume that the problems have been/will be solved.I find the WOX community unique, although I do have the feeling that it is only intended for a certain audience.

4. pennsif.witness: you seem quite active and have a large following that promotes you by default. You have breathed life into the platform and the new project Steem-Atlas. I have not tried it yet (can you do it by phone) but I think it is a great initiative to create some order in the chaos regarding posts on Steemit.

5. bangla.witness: you are the one who introduced the steem mobile app. I used it a few times and it's very helpful. Especially, if Steemit is down you proved the app is reliable and one can still have access to the platform.

6. etainclub: you have my support. I believe the app "EverSteem" can give every writer and commenter a boost. I truly hope it will turn out to be helpful. Once this is a good operating system (easier to use than steem bounty in the past) I hope that SC-teams will use it too.

7. boylikegirl.wit: your site turned out to be helpful but unfortunately it isn't possible for mobile phone users to schedule posts and the hashtags cannot be filled out. Still, the initiative is great and so it the possibility to earn UVF - also a big thanks to the witness: vfund

8. moecki: you give a lot of help and this is appreciated. What exactly more you do I am not sure of but who knows I figure it out soon.
   
   

Next to the witnesses (working with a team) there are more Steemians making this platform a better, more handy but also safer (scam-free) place like the-gorilla where hopefully farming will be drastically reduced. If you did not vote yet have a look at the list of witnesses which you find in your Steemit wallet. Before you vote ask yourself what is it you need, that can help you now or in the future. Did you vote already? It never hurts to have a look and see if those witnesses you voted for are still active.

@justyy: jij lijkt wat financiële diensten en tips aan te bieden. Ik kreeg 2x een link maar wat ik zag was niet nut voor mij. Ook klopten een deel van de informatie niet (Ik ken niemand met een Wise account waarmee in cryptocurencies gehandeld kan worden en jij verwijst naar een aantal brokers die allang geen Steem meer hebben. Dit wordt sowieso steeds moeilijker).

@steem.history: het is jouw bot die de nieuwkomers begroet. Is dit een onderlinge afspraak tussen de getuigen? Waarom wordt dit eigenlijk niet als spam gezien? Ik zou ook graag willen weten of je ook nog wat anders doet?

Did I forget to mention you? Did you do more than I am aware of? Feel free to add it in the comment section. Witnesses, and developers of Steemit, I hope 2024 was what you expected from it and you will have a good 2025.
Thank you for all the hard work.

22.12.24