Great piece of content!
Besides Taking a stance on important topics related to Steem I'd love to add another point to your other factors list that is important to me:
- Represents and advocates the interests of the community.
Honestly most of my votes go to those witnesses who seemingly care for the general interests of the community. As you know, you're one of them :-)
It's quite a big package a witness has to deliver, but looking at the current top 20 witness, I feel that we've done a good job selecting the right ones for those positions.
I hope you're not reading this instantly and had at least a couple of hours of sleep after the big crash...:-)