Can Your Witness Vote Really Make a Difference? See for yourself.

jackmiller in #witness-category • 6 years ago (edited)

As per the data collected over the past week from steemian.info:

51,895 votes are cast for inactive witnesses (dead witnesses).

= a grand total of 202,368 MV worth of votes

Which is more than enough to put any 4 active witnesses into the top20!

Or more, depending on where the witness is currently on the ladder.

Basically, what this means is that with the current votes that us Steemians have out there we can literally change any and all of the governance within our ecosystem.

I am only talking about the people who have active votes in place.

So, the next time anyone says “My vote can't make a difference“ or something along those lines, there it is.

YOUR VOTE CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.

So I would kindly ask all the 26,009 Steemians who are voting on dead witnesses to please take into consideration the fact that THESE VOTES CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE!

I have (will) gone ahead and tagged all Steemians who have voted on dead witnesses, as this is the prime target of this information here.

I don’t know how else to get their attention, except for maybe sending DM’s via Discord for the next 3450 days in a row. I think this is easier and more effective.

NOTE: I am not judging anyones choices/vote, all I wish to do is to point out the fact that your votes can make a real difference and that there are many of us witnesses who are active and who sincerely care about Steem, no matter what the market prices may be. We are in it for the long run.

PS. As was suggested in the comments below, here are two links where you can take care of witness voting:

https://www.steemian.info/witnesses

https://steemitwallet.com/~witnesses

& here is another great tool out there to check on witness votes: http://duplibot.com/deadwitnesses

(again, a link supplied via a comment in this thread).

Yours truly,
@jackmiller

If you want an avatar and other graphics like my “Robotroo” contact @jimramones

STEEM ON!

My pleasure mate!! :)

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senstless 6 years ago

Ashamed I let mine slip. I guess two of the 3 I had voted outside the top 100 gave it up, and without the new tool you mentioned above, I never would have seen it.

Thanks for tag, I am going back through and adding tags for those whose projects I am following now! This important vote often gets overlooked!

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penderis 6 years ago

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurgh so much work , it was mainly those unnamed ones I had to type in to even vote for. Removed. Took like 5minutes to find people outside top 20 to vote for again. 5minutes, amagawd I can't even . Am I now a government tool?

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Based on the facts and figures collected, it is up to all of us Steemians to make our ecosystem become everything it can be!

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lizelle 6 years ago

Thank you, will certainly rectify this!

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z3ll 6 years ago

Oh, thanks for mentioning. Will change asap.

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saffisara 6 years ago

Thank you so much for the reminder my friend 😉👍
I corrected it now and I honestly need to look over my list some more. Like you say.. The vote matters and makes a difference... So want to do it right 😉❤️

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jackmiller 6 years ago

I am amazed at just how positively everyone is taking it and wanting to pitch into making our Steem ecosystem everything it can be.

The responses here are great and I am sure that it will make a difference.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Cheers.

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saffisara 6 years ago (edited)

Don't be surprised...its the way you made the post and it's not like you pointing fingers, you just trying to help.
And who doesn't appreciate it?
Ohh... And then a lot of it might be cause your amazing too 😜👍🤗 lol
Again Thank you for all you do!

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p3d1 6 years ago

I have chosen you as a witness

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Thank you.

I will keep doing my best to make sure I earn it.

& thank you for reading the post and checking your witness votes, it really means a lot to our Steem ecosystem.

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stayoutoftherz 6 years ago

Thanks, I didn´t pay too much attention on this, apparently.
What are the inactive witnesses?
And what would be you top 10 witnesses, worth voting for?

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jackmiller 6 years ago

The "inactive" (dead) witnesses are those that are no longer running a witness server, basically 'they no longer exist as witnesses'.

As for voting, my stand on that is as follows:

"Every persons vote is a personal choice".

I don't want to be a judge of any persons choices, even those that choose not to vote, even if I don't agree with "non voting" I don't judge people for making that choice.

There is no time limit as to when you can vote for witnesses, so if you are not sure as to who you wish to vote for, take your time.
As long as you understand that your vote is important and does make a huge difference, because each and every person matters in our ecosystem, I am sure that you will take care of it when you are ready to do so.

If you have any further questions, feel free to ask, I will be around.

Cheers.

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tibfox 6 years ago

Thanks man! This was a really really really good reminder and I admire your effort to create that post. And the tagging/removing move is really really smart :P

I had 2 inactive witnesses I've voted manually and for those votes you don't really see of they are active or not. At least o steemitwallet. Steemian.info is a bomb for researching thatvkind of stuff.

Thanks for reminding and analysis!

Peace!

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Man, I am glad that we are making a difference.

Step by step, we shall make Steem everything it can be!

Cheers!

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wholeself-in 6 years ago

Thank you for tagging me here, I knew it was time to look over my votes but it hadn't made the top of my list yet.
I'm glad I vote and follow the one and only @jackmiller!

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binkyprod 6 years ago

When I check the witnesses I am voting for, none of them have an inactive note next to them. I removed my vote for those that did. How can I check a step further?

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Hey G'day, sorry for not replying earlier, was out all day today taking care of things that just had to be done.

I just had a look at https://steemd.com/@binkyprod

& the checked the names on https://www.steemian.info/witnesses

At first glance it is number 12 who is no longer active.

I highly recommend https://www.steemian.info as a site for checking up on witness statuses, I use it whenever necessary.

Thanks for taking action on this, the positivity on this is just FANTASTIC!

If you have any, and I mean any questions, feel free to ask, I will get back to you on them, even if it be half a day later like today.

STEEM ON!

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binkyprod 6 years ago

Thank you for the links. I updated some of my witnesses, since I also had a couple free votes and realised some witnesses for whom I thought I was voting for, I wasn't.

I'm still a bit confused about the data found on the info page. What are Missed blocks? And what indicates more specifically that someone is not active?

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Missed blocks = number of blocks that the server didn't sign off on.

This could be a result of many things, like for example when the blockchain froze last year I went from "0" to whatever the figure is today. On that day every witness missed blocks.

It could also be for example a simple error made when updating/restarting (aka HF).
Not taking the server offline immediately when doing this, a simple human mistake while doing the right thing.

If you do monitor the missed blocks "daily" and you notice that a witness server is missing blocks more frequently than others, then that could suggest that the server is not reliable or maybe a computer in a backyard garden shed or flooded mouldy basement. Just saying that to exaggerate a little, but then again, I have heard some horror stories about what all people use to "mine" crypto!

As for the "active" status.

on Steemian.info, if the witness/user name is in yellow, that means that the server has been offline since recently, which is not necessarily a bad thing, it could be just an update in question. In which case it would be best to send a DM to the person and ask what is up with that.

If the name is in red, then that server has been down for a while.
This is where a witness vote is going to waste.

If that witness becomes active again the name will change colour and I am sure they will notify their followers and friends that they have decided to get their witness campaign going again.

I hope this answer helps.

Cheers

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binkyprod 6 years ago

Yes, this is very helpful. Thank you. :)

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iamevilradio 6 years ago

Honest thanks. I’ll log on the desktop tonight and readjust my votes.

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crescendoofpeace 6 years ago (edited)

Thanks, @jackmiller, I appreciate the heads up.

I'll check into it ASAP, though I have a recalcitrant laptop, and . . . oh joy . . . we just lost power. ;-/

I'd still like to have that conversation with you about The Last Wave one of these days.

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Ohhh, I actually watched that movie twice now and have thought about it many times.

It was way ahead of its time on so many things.

I really appreciate the fact that you suggested it to me.

As for the witness votes, yeah, still battling at making our Steem ecosystem work the best that it can, including the witness votes / governance. It is an on going job and tbh, I enjoy doing it. Every step of the way I know that what is done today in helping people to get informed and more active in our governance the better off our Steem shall be in the long run!

Cheers.

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crescendoofpeace 6 years ago

Yeah, I've loved that film since I saw it in the theatre, and I've seen it a few times since downloading it. I'm so hooked I've got it on my phone. :-)

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blervin 6 years ago

Here's a quick way to see if you're voting for any inactive witnesses: http://duplibot.com/deadwitnesses

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Another excellent tool out there to check on witness votes.

i will include it in the post immediately.

TY.

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mima2606 6 years ago

Many thanks for reminder I find a good solution into Steem Peak you can make it very easy greetings Michael

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ahmadmanga 6 years ago (edited)

I voted for dead witnesses once but I got a message in my wallet (as 0.001Steem transfer) from someone stating that the witness I voted for is no longer active. I think it's another way to let people know.

EDIT: I'm now you mention in this post? I think I have to see my witness list again then.

EDIT2: Fixed! Didn't know that #utopian-io is no longer a witness!

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jackmiller 6 years ago

I am so glad to see that my efforts are actually achieving results.

Thank you for replying, it really means a lot to me.

STEEM ON!

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brisby 6 years ago

It's thanks to you that I went through and updated my witness list. The effort you put into compiling this list to show that together we all can make a difference is a testament to your caring. Much appreciation! 😎

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steemseph 6 years ago

I thought I stopped voting for inactive witnesses a few months ago, but I guess not. Thanks for bringing it to me attention.

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amico 6 years ago

Thanks for the mention, man! I'll take a look to my dead witnes(ses)! 🤗
! BEER 🍻❓

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jackmiller 6 years ago

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wonderwop 6 years ago

I purged mine about 2 months ago but thanks for the tag @jackmiller. 👍

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wilhb81 6 years ago

Gosh, I'm one of the 26k steemians that voted for at least one inactive witness!
Thanks for the reminder @jackmiller

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jackmiller 6 years ago

With the prices of crypto changing over the past year so drastically, it is no surprise that many who started up a witness server in the days when it was reaaaalllllyyyy profitable are now dead!

So, nhf, but with over 50K votes sitting there, not really helping our ecosystem live up to its potential, we all need to do our bit to get it all back on track.

Thanks for taking the time to read the post and take action.

STEEM ON!

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sina-adventure 6 years ago

Thanks for notifying and all the information.

I removed that vote and also voted for you.

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danielvehe 6 years ago

I always have a post for more votes, but I really do not know who to vote for. If I could occupy them to give downvotes it would be good. A very interesting post thanks

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Steem needs all of us for it to work and every witness vote is important.

Steem nos necesita a todos para que funcione y cada voto de testigo es importante.

Sorry if there are mistakes in the translation, I used Google translate.

Your vote is important, that is the message of this post.
Tu voto es importante, ese es el mensaje de este post.

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dreemsteem 6 years ago

Thanks Jack! Didn't know I was! Will check it out tonight and update 🤗

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jackmiller 6 years ago

One from what I see on first glance.

See ya at Fambalam time!

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dreemsteem 6 years ago

I'm on the road heading to meeting @mariannewest gor our road trip to Colorado!!!! Wish you were coming @jackmiller!!! 🤗

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dreemsteem 6 years ago

Is it abh12345 and paulag? I did know about them . I must have forgotten to take them off :)

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Ohhh, you want me to do your homework for you!
That's cheating!

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dreemsteem 6 years ago

Hahahhahaha well if I got it right...then you can give.me an A+ hahahhaa

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harvhat 6 years ago

The whole witness voting scheme is messed up! Why is voting for disabled witnesses even a thing? And no I don't believe my vote counts, these stats do not prove it does. Thanks for tagging me though as when I was unvoting for all witnesses the other day I must of accidentally voted for one (that I had never even heard of.)

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jackmiller 6 years ago

I fully agree that there are things that need to improved, one of them you hit right on the head:

"Why is voting for disabled witnesses even a thing?"

Fully agree.

However, as we can see, until we manage to get consensus on issues that concern our governance and our voting model, the responsibility lays with all of us to do our best so as to ensure that our ecosystem works as best it can with the given "flaws".

As for "your vote counting":

My point here is fairly clear, that all our votes count, even and especially those votes cast for dead witnesses.

Look a the grand total of vote value on dead witnesses, it literally = enough to change the entire governance (top20) here on Steem.

or should I say Top30, as there are 30 votes that each and every one of us can cast.

It really does add up and your vote, as mine, as anyones is a part of it.

But, yes, I tend to agree fully with your points about "fixing things".

These figures confirm that too, so "right on" with that one.

Cheers.

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stuffbyspencer 6 years ago

Thanks for the heads up! Didn't know about these witness-checking tools, very helpful :^)

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fahrur 6 years ago

Thank you for a warning.. I do choose jackmiller

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dimsyto 6 years ago

I never got around to vote for my witnesses. Thanks for the reminder

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rikaz87 6 years ago

Hello sir. I have voted for those witness early years ago, and have not fixed yet. Thanks for tagging me, I will check them short later.

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sayee 6 years ago

Thanks for tagging me and for taking the pains to make us all aware

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maquemali 6 years ago

Hey there sir @jackmiller!

Thanks for the tag! Will surely check it in a bit later.. ❤

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sarmaticus 6 years ago

The problem is, that i do not know to who should i give my vote. I didnt notice that i have some vote given to dead witnesses but i know i do have planty of free votes to give away. I just dont know who is worth it. And dont know how and where i could find some real info.

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jackmiller 6 years ago

I can suggest that you check out the following:

http://www.witnesspage.com/

as a starting point, then follow:

https://steemit.com/@witnesspage

where all the posts made by Steem Witnesses using the relevant tags #witness, #witness-category or #witness-update

So you can get in your feed the posts from our witnesses.

As for voting, it is a personal choice and there is absolutely nothing wrong with changing your votes as you go along through your Steemian experience.

I hope this helps.

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rycharde 6 years ago

Well done, this seems the only way to get attention. I was going to ignore it as tag-spam but then saw the post title. Funnily, edited my witnesses just a few days ago but... you're right, one has been disabled very recently. Although one also mustn't make assumptions - a change of server and full blockchain reconstruction can take a few days. Anyway, cheers!

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Thank you for reading the post and not assuming things.

I am actually getting to a point where I seriously don't care about any negative reactions as long as the job gets done for the right reasons

Not the best of attitudes, but after months of trying via Discord and not having practically any success in it, I figured:

"What the heck, what happens happens, as long as the message gets out there I am happy".

But, after all these positive comments, it has given me a lot of adrenaline as I see heaps of positivity out there and willingness to make our Steem ecosystem work as coded.

Thanks for the reply, really appreciate it.

Cheers.

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scienceblocks 6 years ago

Thanks for this tag. I will readjust my witness votes.

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anshia 6 years ago

Thank you for this post

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nationall 6 years ago

True yes you should vote for active people on the site

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bdlatif 6 years ago

Thanks for the tag , I'll check my votes

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impactn 6 years ago

Great initiative

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pele23 6 years ago

Tnx for doing this, I will clean up my witness list!

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siddharthrout 6 years ago

OK I gonna check my vote

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marcoteixeira 6 years ago

I will check my witness votes :) Thanks :)

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f21steem 6 years ago

I really appreciate your suggestions and opinions that really help us, thank you.

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laxmanmah 6 years ago

How can I change my witness?

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Here are two links where you can take care of witness voting:

https://www.steemian.info/witnesses

https://steemitwallet.com/~witnesses

and you can check on your current votes (all of them) at:

https://steemd.com/@laxmanmah

(bottom left hand side of the page)

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, I am trying my best to keep up with all the questions both here and on Discord, most of which are about "Where to vote?".

TY for taking the time to help make Steem everything it can be.

STEEM ON!

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laxmanmah 6 years ago

What do you think? Whom should I vote?

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Ohhh, your votes are your personal choice.

I don't feel comfortable as a witness to suggest "Whom to vote for".

Please accept my stand on that.

All I will say is that no matter who you vote on, you can change your votes at any time in future, for whatever reasons you as an individual may have and that is your right to do so.

So, whatever your choices may be today, they are not set in concrete, you can always do what you feel is best in future.

With so many active witnesses out there, I am sure that each and every one of us will be more than happy to see a vote given to one of us instead of it sitting on a dead witness.

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greencross 6 years ago (edited)

too many corpses being created.

Now who wants my leftover witness votes?.

hint: if you are a witness and missed a single block, you aren't elegible.

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anitacarolina 6 years ago

Hi @jackmiller Thank you for calling me in your post, actually I didn't really understand about vote witnesses and how I forgot😄

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kadna 6 years ago

Thank you. I just changed my list...

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malvyconejero 6 years ago

Excellent idea!!! Finally my vote can make a real difference!!! Waaaoo enhorabuena!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏thank you very much for great news!! You have my support for that beautiful activity, I like to read and vote!

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kunschj 6 years ago

Thanks for the reminder. My votes have been cleaned up.

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jackmiller 6 years ago

That is excellent, step by step, we can all contribute to making Steem become the dream!

STEEM ON!

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josevallera 6 years ago

thanks for the information friend, very grateful!

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tramelibre 6 years ago

Greetings @jackmiller

Thanks for bringing me to your post

I'm going to check my witnesses

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droida 6 years ago

Thank you @jackmiller. @noblewitness was disabled 8 days ago. Without your mention, I would not have noticed it. I already voted for you.

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assan 6 years ago

Thank you so much for your message to me.

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isarmoewe 6 years ago

I bet neither of the tagged persons has ever tagged or blocked you before.
Pkease adjust your measures of spam.
You cannot check our witness votes for a reason.

I really feel like flagging your post now.

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Please read the post again and if you really feel like downvoting (aka flagging) the post, that is your right to do so.

I have absolutely no objections to you expressing your opinions or views in ways that you believe are suitable in the given individual situations.

Wish you a great day.

Cheers.

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isarmoewe 6 years ago

Just shut up. Thanks!

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jackmiller 6 years ago

That's nice.

Tschüss!

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isarmoewe 6 years ago

See? You just don't listen.

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shadowspub 6 years ago

Well actually your witness votes can be checked. You have voted for 22 out of the 30 you could vote for.

Would you like the list?

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isarmoewe 6 years ago

I checked my list today due to this post which - I admit it - made me remove two votes. (After I wrote all the comments.) Before today, I updated it last time when the steemcommunity witness server was turned off.
The two voted witnesses I'm referring to were @fbslo and @sapphic. Both have been minor witnesses before as far as I know. Which makes my decision to vote them in the past questionable anyway. shrugs

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shadowspub 6 years ago

no not really. You were trying to support a smaller witness in the hope they could move up.

If people don't support based on what they think is good choices then the witness votes get stagnant.

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isarmoewe 6 years ago (edited)

You were trying to support a smaller witness in the hope they could move up.

That's interpretation. I don't believe in my vote that much.
I wanted to show my support because I liked a game from @fbslo and because @sapphic was a female witness. (Are there any female witnesses left now? ;))
Please don't make guesses if you could ask too. :)

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shadowspub 6 years ago (edited)

@Patrice is a female witness. She's part of steemcleaners and does some great work on the platform.

And of course there is @crimsonclad who is part of @followbtcnews .. both great choices.

There are women on some of the other team witnesses like @helpie and @justineh who I think is with @c-squared. Again good choices.

@helpie supports newbies and does curation. @c-squared does curation.

do you use Discord by chance? There are several Steem groups on there and that is where radios shows are held

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justineh 6 years ago (edited)

Thanks for the mention! Yes I’m a part of the c-squared witness team. We are a manual curation group that focuses on opening curation up to the community to ensure great authors are found and receive support.

Anyone can be a curator, completely open initiative and then we choose the best post brought forward by the community and feature on the @c-cubed blog as well for extra exposure and support for the author. We like to think we are the first to truly crowdsourced manual curation on Steem 🙂

We find running a witness to be an important responsibility and take it very seriously. Our goal is to provide a reliable witness ran by a competent team for the community, and all profits earned (after server fees) are given back to the community itself.

That’s my best attempt at promoting our witness haha.. we normally just curate and don’t promote ourselves, so I apologize that I’m rusty at it 😜

Thanks again ❤️

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jackmiller 6 years ago

I'm sorry if I upset you in any way.

Ich bin traurig, wenn ich dich in irgendeiner Weise verärgere.

Sincerely Jack.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jack.

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nutritree 6 years ago (edited)

Thanks for the new tool you have my vote. Is there a way for the steemian tool to show all of my active votes?

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jackmiller 6 years ago

TY for the support, I will keep doing my best to deserve it.

& thank you for reading the post and taking action on it, together we can make Steem into everything it can be!

STEEM ON.

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nutritree 6 years ago

What about showing me all of my votes in one place?

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Good point, the most reliable source is steemd:

https://steemd.com/@nutritree

or there is also:

https://steemworld.org/@nutritree

both sites are fantastic for information on your Steem experience/journey.

Glad you asked.

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djoi 6 years ago (edited)

How do we know the living witnesses?

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ahmadmanga 6 years ago

When you go to ~witnesses any dead witness will be marked with the words "(disabled X weeks ago)" beside its name.

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djoi 6 years ago

Okay. Let me check

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lightcaptured 6 years ago

Thank you, @ahmadmanga! I think this works if the witness is in the top 100, but what if s/he is outside this list? I removed one that I suspect was inactive but there are two more and there is no way to see their witness status from steemit...

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jackmiller 6 years ago

I would recommend the site that I use:

https://www.steemian.info/witnesses

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lightcaptured 6 years ago

Such a useful tool, thanks for sharing it!

You have now my vote, by the way, as I believe steemit is about helping each other. Cheers, @jackmiller! 😏🍻

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ahmadmanga 6 years ago

Sorry, I don't know about this case.

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lightcaptured 6 years ago

No worries, solution has been found. 😊
Thanks for getting back!

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jackmiller 6 years ago

I personally use www.steemian.info as a great tool to see all the details.

I highly recommend it.

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cwow2 6 years ago

Hmm interesting. I didn't know the witness I voted for was inactive x)
Any easy way to check if someone is inactive??

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cwow2 6 years ago

So thanks for the tag :D

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Yes, you can go to your https://steemitwallet.com/~witnesses and it should say it there.

I personally prefer www.steemian.info

It is a great site that shows up to date information.

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bubke 6 years ago

afaik, i don't have dead witness votes

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blervin 6 years ago

There's a couple: http://duplibot.com/deadwitnesses/bubke

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1 vote

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isarmoewe 6 years ago

I don't have dead witnesses in my votes either.
But knowing about how a society works is not a requirement for running a witness node ...

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eveningart 6 years ago (edited)

Hey Jack. Thanks for the tag. When did you run your check I nixed my dead witness a couple of weeks ago. Will go back to double check. Cheers x

EDIT: yup you're right, someone else went inactive 8 days ago. Just goes to show you need to check it at least weekly! Thanks for the heads up xx

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Mate, I went over it all twice in the past 7 days.

If you or anyone has been there and done that in the meantime, sure, slap me on the wrist.

NHF, all I am trying to do is to show just how important and INFLUENTIAL EVERY VOTE IS.

It all adds up and they can make a real BIG DIFFERENCE!

Our Proof of Stake voting system works! (it can work, if we all vote)

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eveningart 6 years ago

Well it was an excellent lesson for me... Thank you! I thought I was on top of 8t, but like I said above, another witness had disabled since I checked. No wrist slapping here- just sincere thanks for opening my eyes!! E x

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1 vote

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djoi 6 years ago

I don't have any dead witness. Thanks

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blervin 6 years ago

To Jack's point, we need to double-check because you actually do: http://duplibot.com/deadwitnesses/djoi

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artgirl 6 years ago

Hmmm how do you mention someone without mentioning them? Tag them and then remove the tag??? 🤔🤔🤔

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Yes, so as to ensure the post and message are clear, I removed the tags.

The tags were simply a tool so as to ensure that the relevant Steemians were made aware of the fact that within the past week they had/have witness votes for inactive/dead witnesses.

Apart from that, there is absolutely no need for the tags to remain in the post as this is not a "list" of people, it is a friendly reminder and a message to all of us out there that our votes do make a real difference.

Cheers.

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artgirl 6 years ago

Hmmm i see. Thanks for letting me know.

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lightcaptured 6 years ago

Thank you, @jackmiller, I think I removed the inactive witness from my list but I couldn't be 100% sure as I still have 2 witnesses outside the top 100 list.

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jackmiller 6 years ago

If they are not in the top100, then the following site/tool is great to use:

https://www.steemian.info/witnesses

I use it regularly, used it for the info/data on this post.

Cheers.

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lightcaptured 6 years ago

Hey Jack, look what I found few minutes ago, it's a wonderful page:

https://steempeak.com/witnesses

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zanoni 6 years ago

How to know which witness is inactive?

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jackmiller 6 years ago

I personally use https://www.steemian.info/witnesses

& this is the tool/website that I always recommend.

There you can see all the active and inactive (dead) witnesses).

It is a great tool.

The other way to do it is:

https://steemitwallet.com/~witnesses

There you will see the top100 listing of witnesses and next to each name that is inactive/dead you will see a note stating it.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask, I am here and will do my best to help.

Cheers.

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atongis 6 years ago

I was tagged but can't find my acct on the post,how did you do that? haha cool

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partiko 6 years ago

Thank you so much for participating in the Partiko Delegation Plan Round 1! We really appreciate your support! As part of the delegation benefits, we just gave you a 3.00% upvote! Together, let’s change the world!

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wakeupworldnews 6 years ago

Cheers for heads up, voted you a witness mate, good stuff

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steemitboard 6 years ago

Congratulations @jackmiller! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :

You received more than 55000 upvotes. Your next target is to reach 60000 upvotes.

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Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!

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agolasol 6 years ago

thanks for reminder

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trayan 6 years ago

donre! removed utopian-io (only)
post resteemed...

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steevc 6 years ago

I think you tagged me, but it looks like all mine are active. I have made a couple of adjustments based on what I have seen people doing (good or bad). I try to use all my votes.

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jackmiller 6 years ago

Sorry mate, if I made a mistake it wasn't intentional.

I literally went one by one on the inactive witnesses, copy pasted their voters lists.

That is the source of info for voters lists.

IOU a round of beers when we see each other one day, a friendly "Round on me" as friends do.

One out of 26K people isn't that bad!

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steevc 6 years ago

No problem mate. I ought to check my votes more often. I would like to see more people actually vote. I have done a few posts about it with some suggestions of good witnesses who help make Steem better.

I'll hold you to that !BEER offer :)

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1 vote

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beerlover 6 years ago

^{To view or trade BEER go to steem-engine.com.}

Hey @jackmiller, here is your BEER token. Enjoy it!

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1 vote

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isarmoewe 6 years ago

Oh, don't go telling us now it was not intentional.
I didn't know about you being a witness before.

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snook 6 years ago (edited)

I can assure you it wasn't intentional on Jackmillers part if people were tagged and they have changed their votes in the last 7 days.

I have been in @thealliance chat room with @jackmiller as he went, one by one, checking each name over the last 7 days. If you have changed your votes in the last 7 days your name might be there by mistake.

Based on the positive response to this post you seem to be the only person upset by being reminded that you have/had dead witnesses you are voting for.

How is this a bad thing to inform people, not all, but ones that do have dead witnesses they are voting for, that they should double check and at least remove their vote?

Nowhere has he asked for a vote. Nowhere has he told people who to vote for. Is it so hard to realize there are honest people in the world?

JackMiller has made it to every Witness chat that @Shadowspub has had in The Ramble Discord. so I'm not sure how you have not known he wasn't a Witness. He has been in the top 50 witnesses for over a year.

Have a nice Sunday.

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isarmoewe 6 years ago

I certainly am or was not the only person being irritated about being tagged (not the other stuff!) but obviously the only one showing it that clearly.

And I as I just mentioned in my reply to @shadowspub I currently have very few time during the week to check Steemit or the chats. Even before I was assigned to the course I'm attending now I did not find the time to attend the mentioned radio shows.
You both probably would have noticed if I had since my (German) nickname is not that common. :)

checking each name over the last 7 days

Ouch. I did not dare to know that actually. He's got the numbers up at the beginning of the post. Still, it's some privacy issue. Even if there's an easy way to retrieve a user's witness votes list.

I register a clear disapproval of me being not spending my awake time on Steemit. Well, I did that for some months and it did not do good for my mental state. I'm glad I'm not staying at home all day having no options to escape hopelessness.
Thus, it's simply not true that I don't pay attention at all.

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snook 6 years ago

I register a clear disapproval of me being not spending my awake time on Steemit.

no, not disapproval at all. You ARE correct that spending your whole day on Steem is NOT healthy!! You can make yourself a tad insane if you try it.

There is a 24/7 voice chat in The Alliance that I stop in here and there when I have time. We laugh and talk about things from Poker to building pools.
I was referring to you saying you never heard of @jackmiller when he is very active on the blockchain.
saying that......there are many people that are very active that I don't know. I might have heard of them or if not I ask someone I know if they have.

Still, it's some privacy issue.

The whole point of a blockchain is that nothing is private. Everyone can find out everything you have ever done. Am I one to look in people's wallets or any deeper? no. not at all. I don't care what people have or not have. Do I think some look into my stuff if I leave a comment they might not like? I'm sure they do.....do I have to like it? no, but the power of a blockchain is you can not hide anything.

thanks for getting back to me!

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shadowspub 6 years ago

Really? You apparently don't pay much attention to what is going around the platform.

Jack is one of the better witnesses who really does a lot of work for the community. He certainly doesn't deserve your grief while doing a service to those who are voting on inactive witnesses.

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isarmoewe 6 years ago (edited)

I'm paying the attention I can manage to afford. Days are not of infinite length and I don't have unlimited and free internet access during the days of the work week but mostly none at all. Which basically is why I was angry. It's not related to the person but to being tagged.

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shadowspub 6 years ago

well, maybe another way to look at the tag is that it brought your attention to something that you didn't have the time to hunt down until you knew there was a reason?

I know some folks engage in tag spam and when I encounter it I'm more than willing to slap them down or report them to steemcleaners. I usually check out what they are doing first. If its well meaning I leave it alone.

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laxmanmah 6 years ago

Thank you for the valuable information

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wakeupkitty 6 years ago (edited)

If I vote I want to know for whom and what I vote and I cannot find that back.

What are inactive witnesses?

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jackmiller 6 years ago

The "inactive" (dead) witnesses are those that are no longer running a witness server, basically 'they no longer exist as witnesses'.

Basically they are not serving our Steem blockchain in any way, manner or form.

As for voting, my stand on that is as follows:

"Every persons vote is a personal choice".

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wakeupkitty 6 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to explain this. I really appreciate it and am wiser now.
💖👋

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1 vote

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arcange 6 years ago

Congratulations @jackmiller!
Your post was mentioned in the Steem Hit Parade in the following category:

Comments - Ranked 2 with 189 comments

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alanman 6 years ago

Thanks for the mention. I removed my vote for utopian.io. And voted for you!

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oivas 6 years ago

Hey @jackmiller, I am unable to see which witness that I have voted for is defunct. Am I missing something?

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jackmiller 6 years ago

I use this page a lot: https://www.steemian.info/witnesses (especially for checking on statuses)

But at first glance here on steemd: https://steemd.com/@oivas

it is the 6th and 8th ones on the list (at the time of writing this comment)

If I can help with anything else, feel free to ask, I usually don't miss questions thrown my way.

Cheers.

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1 vote

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oivas 6 years ago

Noted @jackmiller. Let me rectify it.

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1 vote

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oivas 6 years ago

Okay, done. And you got my witness vote. 😊

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1 vote

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jackmiller 6 years ago (edited)

TY, I will keep doing my best at everything I do.

I'm glad to see so much positivity and willingness from fellow Steemians to take action on this topic (issue) of dead witnesses.

Wish you a great day and thanks again. You just made my day, starting the day with a surprise and a smile on my face is worth more than what any money can buy!

STEEM ON!