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You can vote for 30 witnesses.

  • Click on the hamburger icon to the right of your icon at the very top right of any post.
    • Click on Vote for Witnesses
      • Vote for up to 30 witnesses.
  • Please note: you can also vote witnesses that do not show up on this page.
    • You might want to see @ura-soul's post about this situation
      • You vote for those not showing up on that page by entering their name at the bottom where it says
        If you would like to vote for a witness outside of the top 50, enter the account name below to cast a vote.

The idea of the witnesses is they represent you to Steemit, Inc.

  • So try to pick witnesses that are doing a lot for the entire Steemit platform.
    • many have external websites that are very useful
    • They all must run a server that supports the blockchain.
      • They make money for doing this.
        The higher they are on the list, the more money they can make.
        So by voting for those doing a lot for the platform, you are helping them do even more for the platform...

Thanks for this explanation. I'm really new on Steemit. I didn't at all understand voting for witnesses. I think I get it now. So the witnesses who are good to the community deserve our votes, while the self-serving witnesses don't deserve votes? Question--It seems like minnowbooster is good for the community because it encourages new users to stick around. But what do I know? This post suggests it's a bot and that bots are bad. How do you feel about it?

So they can thank you :)

They keep the network alive, you should consider voting for some.

I see. Thats great. Thanks for your information.