There is a lot of talk about voting on witnesses these days.
Since @lukestokes wrote his post How Many Steemians Are NOT Voting for a Witness? I Found the Answer! a few weeks back I feel that there is much more talk about it in the community, but I might have a skew view as a witness myself.
I decided to run some numbers myself and see how many users were actively voting today. I'm excluding all accounts with a reputation below 25.1 because I wish to see how many active accounts are not voting. There are some accounts below this barrier that do vote on witnesses.
The truth in numbers
I looked through all the accounts on the blockchain and filtered out the accounts that have been inactive (not posted any comments or articles) and has a low reputation below 25.
| Users # | % Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Accounts: | 310 494 | 100% |
| None Posting Accounts: | 233 508 | 75.2% |
| Low Reputation < 25.1: | 35 888 | 11.5% |
| Total Active Accounts: | 41 305 | 13.3% |
| - | - | % of Active |
| No votes: | 34 701 | 84% |
| Partially voted < 30: | 5 331 | 12.9% |
| Using Proxy: | 412 | 0.9% |
| Fully voted: | 654 | 1.5% |
Yes, only 1.5% of all users have used all 30 votes, and another 0.9% are using a Proxy (which hopefully uses all 30 votes). But the rest of the people aren't using their full potentials when it comes to voting.
There is still work to do
We gain more users every day, and they should be as involved in choosing good witnesses as they are posting and commenting. We need to shed more light on the subject, and that is why I posted this.
We also need to clean the votes from inactive witnesses
The list of witnesses still has a significant number of witnesses that have users votes but are no longer active. These votes can be of real use further down the list, to encourage new upcoming witnesses instead.
If you haven’t checked your vote for a long time, please do and compare to pages like Steem Reports , which lists the status of all witnesses.
Anyone who hasn't voted or aren't voting on 30 witnesses
I encourage all of you to go to pages like SteemD, SteemDB and Witness Stats and Steem Reports. After reading about witnesses, making sure that they are alive and running, you should vote on them at https://steemit.com/~witnesses.
- Steemit is Free, But Your Witness Vote Determines its Future
- The Difference of Votes and "Witness Votes"; Don't waste your Witness Votes on Dead Witnesses!
Use a Proxy
You can also use a Proxy, any other person that you trust, to vote on your behalf.
Voting doesn't cost a thing and can easily be changed at any moment.
By voting on a witness, or a proxy, you support the network and give your saying. It does not cost anything as transactions are free on Steem. It doesn't take any of your assets away and is just a representation of the value of your account in voting power.
Votes delegated to witnesses or proxies can be revoked at any time without any fees or costs.
Vote for me as Witness
Enjoying what I do and contribute to the community, please vote for me as a Witness or a Steemit Proxy Voter.
By voting for me as a witness, you will support an active witness on Steem and BitShares. I believe a witness should keep up-to-date on current happenings and be a conduit between the many users and the system.
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