Hey G'day, sorry for not replying earlier, was out all day today taking care of things that just had to be done.
I just had a look at https://steemd.com/@binkyprod
& the checked the names on https://www.steemian.info/witnesses
At first glance it is number 12 who is no longer active.
I highly recommend https://www.steemian.info as a site for checking up on witness statuses, I use it whenever necessary.
Thanks for taking action on this, the positivity on this is just FANTASTIC!
If you have any, and I mean any questions, feel free to ask, I will get back to you on them, even if it be half a day later like today.
STEEM ON!
Thank you for the links. I updated some of my witnesses, since I also had a couple free votes and realised some witnesses for whom I thought I was voting for, I wasn't.
I'm still a bit confused about the data found on the info page. What are Missed blocks? And what indicates more specifically that someone is not active?
Missed blocks = number of blocks that the server didn't sign off on.
This could be a result of many things, like for example when the blockchain froze last year I went from "0" to whatever the figure is today. On that day every witness missed blocks.
It could also be for example a simple error made when updating/restarting (aka HF).
Not taking the server offline immediately when doing this, a simple human mistake while doing the right thing.
If you do monitor the missed blocks "daily" and you notice that a witness server is missing blocks more frequently than others, then that could suggest that the server is not reliable or maybe a computer in a backyard garden shed or flooded mouldy basement. Just saying that to exaggerate a little, but then again, I have heard some horror stories about what all people use to "mine" crypto!
As for the "active" status.
on Steemian.info, if the witness/user name is in yellow, that means that the server has been offline since recently, which is not necessarily a bad thing, it could be just an update in question. In which case it would be best to send a DM to the person and ask what is up with that.
If the name is in red, then that server has been down for a while.
This is where a witness vote is going to waste.
If that witness becomes active again the name will change colour and I am sure they will notify their followers and friends that they have decided to get their witness campaign going again.
I hope this answer helps.
Cheers
Yes, this is very helpful. Thank you. :)