Personally I muted him a while ago because I got sick of seeing his face on every post he makes and some of the stuff I saw him posting was just downright wreckless advice. As far as people needing to be experienced to operate a witness I disagree a bit. The more people running nodes the better as it gives backups for if the top witnesses have issues. I considered setting up a witness not because I saw it as a road to riches which it is obviously not but rather because I like the platform and I am very involved in projects utilizing the blockchain. Although I suppose people like me are probably not the ones you are thinking about.