Hello @katrina-ariel - Thank you for highlighting the important role of Witnesses on Steemit. As a relatively new plankton, I am still trying to get a handle on all the moving parts that run Steemit. Your post has greatly clarified the role of Witnesses for me.
So, I follwed you, upvoted and resteemed your post. And I pinned the Witness page and started to research and vote for some witnesses.
One witness I voted for is @curie, who as you mentioned do good work in getting under appreciated posters some attention. I visit their page often to see their latest curations, and I read the posts they have chosen. It helps me find some quality posts, and reading these posts and supporting the authors has served to help me improve my own writing and posting, as I get a sense of the quality expected.
I would say my posting has improved significanly in the last weeks, in great part thanks to @curie.
And thank you for striving to make Steemit a better place!
Thank you for this excellent comment! If you add votes as you do your research, feel free to come back and tell me about them and why you've voted. (Not required, I'm simply interested.) There is so much to learn here. Sounds like you're on the right track! :)