Some witnesses 'game' the system as regular members do and with huge sp, their success is obviously greater. They are also not immune from posting shitposts.
I didnt realise that witnesses who were outside the top 40 were actually witnesses as opposed as trying to win the votes to become a witness..hence I didnt see your name but will go back and look and vote for you.
Id also ask you why members get 30 votes ? Why not just 4 or 5 ? Ive only had any sort of interaction with a few so would never vote for someone I didnt know ! The vast majority can never be arsed answering their comments anyway, especially after 30 mins after theyve posted......
On top of this, most of the witnesses who post just post about crypto. This whole ecosystem is so much more than that. On top of that, it gets a bit boring, the whales and big players with their guides to help new members (which rake them in a fortune)....if they tried reading a few memos posts and gave them a decent upvote to get them started , that might actually be something useful to encourage newbies. (will mention the amazing @surpassinggoogle over in the philippines communities at this point of being a perfect example of how a whale or witness should act)
Without new members joining and staying and being nurtured, all that will be left are a few people sat on a pile of money. Good for them. Anyone taking 200-500k in payments is taking the piss no matter what they do here.
Crypto was about creating fairer communities but as in the old world, it seems more and more that the rich get richer. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely....
PS will go back and vote for you again :-)