RE: Let’s Talk Witnesses!

[davemccoy]

Hey again Matt! I see that @beeyou tagged me again to get in touch with you! That is a very gracious offer to help us with different contests and promotions. I will talk it over with our people and see what ideas they can come up with, so thank you very much!

And I have a questions for you:

I agree about the fact that witnesses are important, and since we are all relatively new, can you tell us how our votes are counted? Is it one account one vote or is it based on SP or some combination of the 2? If it is based on SP, then could you tell us why you think it is important for us to vote (since we are so small)?

Thank you and thank you again for your generous offer! It is very nice of you and its also nice that you recognize what we are doing here! :)

Comments

[yabapmatt]

Feel free to reach out to me on Steem Chat or Discord about the contests or anything else.

Regarding witness voting, the more SP you have the more your vote counts, just like with upvoting posts or comments. So someone with a million SP has a vote worth the same as 1 million people with 1 SP each.

There are a couple reasons why I think it's still important to vote for witnesses even if you have very little SP in your account:

1. One vote from one small user isn't much, but if a large number of small users vote together it can be very significant and help to counteract the power that the "whales" have on the platform currently.
2. The the process of voting helps you to learn more about how the platform works and who the people are that run it. I think this helps new and smaller users become more invested in Steem and be more likely to stick around and contribute to the platform.

[davemccoy]

Done, I connected to you on discord! Thank you for that offer btw...

And also I'm glad to see how you view it, I think both points are important but #2 is vital... Its good to know that you as a witness care that the newbies and minnows stay engaged!