I am sorely lacking in my witness votes. I think I have used 11. I had more, but then started finding out things after I had been here a while. Needless to say, the coughJerry Banfieldscough are now gone.
I would proxy my votes, but I don't think I've found anyone whose values align exactly with mine, so I am just going to keep listening and add as I go.
It amazes me how knowledgeable you are with all of this. I have such a hard time wrapping my head around a portion of it.
I've heard somethings about the cough :) ... had never put my vote there to start with so nothing surprised me. It's a good idea to continue to explore and learn about the various witnesses yourself. Some don't really want to, those are the ones who should proxy.
Yeah, when I first started there were a few witnesses preying on new people. Throw them a .40 upvote and ask for a vote. I imagine it worked out for them, but I started looking around and seeing what a witness was and who was doing what. I dropped a few of them, but I'm slowly adding them again.
Gerri might want to proxy hers as she's getting active now, but doesn't want to get into that stuff. Yet. @reactionaries is her handle and I will look into how you proxy.
Hope to get a chance to pimp next Thursday.