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RE: Voting Habits of the top 50 witnesses - Steemit Business Intelligence
This post has given me pause to think, I wonder how much thought people put into their witness votes?
I haven't seen much discussion around criteria people use for witness voting and considering how important a function this is that surprises me.
Also the fact that so many witnesses have been on Steemit for such a long time (in the top 50) also surprises me. What is the barrier to entry for newcomers? and why are new witnesses not being attracted to Steemit?
witnesses are being attracted but they are not yet in the top 50 or even 100 to even be noticed. The more a witness is out in the community both doing for the community and promoting their desire to be a witness the more others notice and will support them. Regular witness update posts are also a good idea, you'll find most of the top 19 do update posts.
I vote for witnesses as I see them on posts asking for votes. If they seem like they care and deserve a vote - I give it. I've been here just over 3 months and I've voted for about 15 - so that means I'm not seeing posts that catch my eye from the others. I only rejected voting for one of them so far. About half my votes are write-ins. I'm not sure how much time and effort to put into this beyond looking when a post catches my eye.