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RE: Witness (update?) *AND* Community Support
Glad to see this update. Yes, it takes more than devs to make this thing work—and not to belittle the development side, 'cause that's key—but if we want mass adoption, if we want this investment to be prosperous and have longevity, one of the biggest values is the social side of things. We need people to stay and thrive here.
You need advocates. You need retention. You need dedicated users. You need a real face. You need a diplomatic fire-starter and audacious fireman. You need, the social witnesses.
This! ^^
Thanks for all you do. See you at the witness chat. ;)
How can it be advertised as a social network/platform without bringing up the social witnesses? ;) We want mass adoption, we will need people that can 'speak in layman's terms' and associate with everyone. Not everyone speaks python or various script languages. It is an art and I have a lot of respect for those that can code well. Somebody explained it to me the other day, a different way to read it, and I was very intrigued...but yes, see you there sweets!
omg, this is something I was just thinking about! It's so good to see that my thoughts are flowing along with that of the greater community. Yes, our witnesses should represent the community. In fact, I think the devs should be working behind the scenes through communities, perhaps getting paid by those communities to maintain the witness machines, but that the main decision makers should be the communities themselves. I love that curie is a witness, and I appreciate that you, to some extent, represent the interests of @freewritehouse. I'd love to see @freewritehouse as a witness, though I know @mariannewest and the rest of us aren't devvy enough to get the technical side down, but rather to have someone who worked for the community and managed that side of things while the community voted for the things that they believed were in the platforms best interest.
Does that make sense?
Indeed it does. Without the community aspect of this platform, it leaves people to flounder and wither and that's why I get around as much as I do. I want people to be here and try my best to show support to those that are here for the long haul and want it to work. Glad we're on the same page :)
Just going to brainstorm on this thread for a bit. If I were creating an ideal set of top 20 witnesses, they'd include:
At least one account from each of the 6 occupied continents
Accounts with keys held by folx who were not majority men
Accounts representing photography, writing, video, dev, economics, homesteading, gaming, and any other content-based communities with a significant population on steemit
Accounts run by people with varying amounts of time on the platform, and that there would be some turnover regularly, so new voices could get heard, but also so that people with experience would be able to guide the new ideas with wisdom gotten from experience