Hi @lukestokes Thanks for keeping us updated on witness voting, and letting steemit community know more about the importance of witnesses and what is going on with the votes towards witnesses. In my specific case I wanted to vote several times in the past and it wnet through but then it vanished in several intents. Finally I was able to do it. Perhaps when the system lets do the votes more direct, with steemconnect or vessel, it may be easier and that will also help increase the voting toward witnesses, in addition to people understanding why witness votes are so important for the blockchain! I will be posting about this in chapter 12, which is the first bonus chapter!

I was wondering if you read my comment this morning, regarding your post to hold on crypto while the market goes 40% or more downwards.

Also, I am not sure if you had the chance to check Chapter 7 were I made a big mention for you!

Chapter 7 of 11: Learning "When and How to use Voting bots to upvote Quality Posts that you would like to be reached by more people - & how Cheetah bots help avoid Plagiarism"
https://steemit.com/promo-steem/@gold84/chapter-7-of-11-learning-when-and-how-to-use-voting-bots-to-upvote-quality-posts-that-you-would-like-to-be-reached-by-more

Regards, @gold84