I see, ok - I can appreciate why this would not be on Steemit inc.'s to-do list, in that they already have more fundamental issues to deal with - I agree. However, the recent complaints from many directions regarding the potentially limited scope of testing that witnesses engaged in prior to the last hard fork has nudged me to focus on this a while.. It is something that many have asked me to push forward anyway, but it's actually a low priority for me too most of the time too as I am pretty busy. I don't think many people really truly know exactly what was and wasn't tested - or what actually could have been tested, but that doesn't stop them complaining.
I think/feel that many people need to see some kind of steps being taken to possibly improve the things they complain about - whether or not they actually succeed is a secondary issue. The biggest challenge for Steem that I see in this regard is that among those who do deeper research, it is well known that generally speaking our mainstream 'democracies' really are nothing of the sort and are totally rigged/controlled. Since we see so many facets of government and wider society reflected in the structure of Steem and its users, the people who come here - attracted by the censorship resistant features and potential for causing disruptive evolution in society - tend to want to make sure that they are doing what they feel they need to do to produce a better outcome here than we see in the wider world in general. They feel powerless in mainstream politics and have given up there, so want to create something tangible here that is an improvement. Hopefully changes to the witness voting mechanism that are more competitive and enforce some degree of presence and activity on the blockchain in order to sustain a presence here, will go some way to increasing engagement and attentiveness all around.
In any case, I aim to open up conversation about how everyone might meet in the middle here in ways that benefit everyone.
Thanks for the tip about Bitshares, I'll see if I can find the issue you are referring to in github.