Same here. I joined steemit, was browsing through posts and found an article by Luke. I read more and more of his stuff and he was one of my first followed accounts. Learned a lot from him and he made me want to learn more about witnesses with his post on why voting is important. I haven't fully utilized all my votes, but each witness vote I've placed I put thought into what I want steemit to become in the future, because I like this platform and plan to be here for the long haul. Luke received my first witness vote.