EXPECT MORE FROM OUR WITNESSES.
THEY MAKE AN ABSURD ABOUT OF MONEY WHILE DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF STEEM.
Let's be a little more specific please. I make about 40 bucks a month after dual server expenses and 3 team mates also making about 40 each. We power it up in the witness to further the witness unless we agree one of us needs some more ramen now and then.
What do we collectively do?
Insert 100 highly visible bullet points here. But how would you know? We can't afford to trend like vaporware, slave labor built card games from asshats who can't even spell the word "contribute."
Wait...we make money?
Yah, I've been living with no indoor plumbing for three years except water from a hose and one faucet. I'm headed into my third Appalachian winter without sufficient heat. I've been supporting a 501c3 charity with every penny I earn because the community local to me is one of the poorest in North America. I drive a 20-year old vehicle with farm tags because I can't afford the repairs that would get it past inspection. And I can't remember the last time I bought fresh groceries and not something to microwave from Dollar General.
Yet I've made a bigger impact on my real world community and the Steem community than most users ever will. I've applied proof of brain to everything I do and the results show. My team and I have proposed a way to bring more mainstream attention and investment to the blockchain than most well-funded projects I see here, and we're moving forward with these plans despite lack of stakeholder support. I'm not complaining. I'm simply pointing out the disparity between quite a few top-ranking witnesses and the amount of work going unnoticed in the trenches. @noblewitness stays busy. We're proud of what we do for blockchain communities. But damn--ramen does get old after a while.
Just added @noblewitness to my witness list. Thanks for doing all the hard work for us.
It's for sure we aren't the only folks around here who work hard. But I will say this much: your vote is deeply appreciated. Thank you so much for trusting us. :-)
Thanks @steemitqa, but I'm still gonna beat you up after school if you keep trying to steal @banjo's love away from me.