Recently changed my votes to support everyone who was pointing to 15% inflation or less, this has an obvious impact on the long term price of hive.
It's good to switch it up once and awhile, let's be honest, Hive hasn't been doing that great and some of the witnesses can share some of the blame as they really aren't doing anything.
Yeah, but the question is what they are expected to be doing?
However, they often wear their stakeholder hats as well (which, in my opinion, they should, to show they're actively involved). Ultimately, everything that happens on Hive is up to the stakeholders, whether they are witnesses or not. Still, it's true that witnesses should set an example, not make excuses.
Don't expect much of anything from witnesses other than they keep their servers going.
As you said, they should set an example.
If a witness downvotes me, if they say something annoying/extremist, act too political or support some proposal I disagree with I may remove my vote. For the record, I've always supported and still support your witness.