This past Saturday the second Witness Chat discussion took place in the Steemit Ramble discord. There were fourteen of the witness accounts represented with sixteen witnesses present. There are two witness accounts with partners.
Present were:
@anarcho-andrei
@ats-witness
@castellano
@cervantes
@drakos
@enginewitty
@followbtcnews with partner @crimsclad
@fyrst-witness
@guiltypartiers
@jackmiller
@mahdiyari
@patrice
@sircork with partner @rhondak
@timcliff.
We started the discussion off by giving each witness opportunity to introduce themselves, talk a bit about their witness and what they do on the platform. Not all the witnesses took the opportunity as some prefer not to come on mic to talk. It was great to hear from those who did and interesting to learn what they do and how they see their role on the platform.
Some lively discussion took place both between the witnesses and the community members present about several issues on the platform and in regards to the state of the Steemit website. The distinction between STEEM, the platform and Steemit, the website was confusing for some, but that will only be overcome through education.
I think that many members of the community who were present got a better sense of who the witnesses are and also learned that the witnesses often share their concerns in regards to what is happening on the platform.
Discussion took place on several topics including:
- voting for witnesses
- how witnesses are displayed on the Steemit website
- the peg or lack of peg on SBD
- discussion of how to bring value and visibility to quality content
- the basis of the platform democracy vs corporate?
- the place of bidbots or not?
- and much more
The discussion was respectful and often passionate with some strong personalities who possessed the will to express their views. I didn’t often need to exercise moderation powers during the three hours of recorded discussion. The mics were open but people respected each other and it was great to see.
Here is the recording in its entirety:
The show was originally scheduled to be two hours long and was extended to three. The only reason it stopped then was that I had to attend an offline meeting and needed to end the recording.
Another chat will take place in the Steemit Ramble discord on Saturday, May 19th starting at 11am EDT. Mark your calendars and come on join in.
Until Next Time — Just Steem on
