I have always been in support of you @reggaemuffin.
However I wanted to know that is it necessary to be a Witness to start a Seed Node and if not could you make a post about it.
I am kind of interested in Learning about it.
Coming to steemit has really piked my interests a lot.
Everyone can start a seed node if they want. Just be aware that it doesn't give you anything, it just costs a lot for the server :)
If you want to setup one, I can recommend @someguy123 and his steem docker setup. He has really detailed posts about how to set up a seed node.
Thanks @reggaemuffin I will be checking him out.