Components
This suggestion affects the witness voting page in Condenser (steemit.com).
Proposal
The current witness voting page is sub optimal. Users do not have access to sufficient data on the page to know whether they are voting for witnesses that are acting in the ways they might prefer and we have been reliant on an external page run by @drakos to provide this data. Not only this, but since the page only displays the top 50 witnesses (some of whom are inactive/dead), the rest of the witnesses are significantly hindered in that voters, on visiting the page, do not see them and do not know they even exist. Since 30 votes are provided, it is highly likely that many users just pick 30 out of the 50 they see and never even consider voting for the other witnesses. This results in the top 50 witnesses gaining many votes for no reason other than that users cannot see the full list.
The list must be extended to include all witness accounts for fairness.
I also suggest that the latest update that the witness has written is included in the list, along with the link to their original witness application post in order to allow users to see how active they are in communicating to the community and to also read their latest update easily.
Users who are inactive (even temporarily) will be marked as such by a red line or font (see mockup).
Column headings, when clicked, can reveal additional information about the data their column contains.
If the list is slow in loading, then it can be loaded via AJAX, as the posts currently load in all lists in Condenser.
Mockups / Examples
Benefits
Many users have complained that they do not know enough about witnesses in order to know who to vote for and so by adding more relevant information on the witness voting page, they will be better guided towards voting for those who best represent their ideals and intentions.
Additionally, by displaying all of the witness accounts, there is a much fairer playing field for witnesses who are currently struggling to gain exposure, regardless of how hard they work.
Not only does this improve the competitiveness of the witness 'league' but it engenders a sense of good will and fairness that is valuable in a platform such as Steemit that is intended to reward 'brains' and is essentially a form of meritocracy. From both a functional and a Public Relations aspect, this change is essential.
Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors