I didn't consider it as spam at all. I considered it as a new witness reaching out.

• I think it's sad a muti-million $ corporation like Steemit, Inc. does such a poor job on their witness page.
  • Only listing 50 without pagination to the rest.
  • Allowing dead witnesses to be on the listing.
    • Check some of @ura-soul's posts about this situation. They are eye opening.

How would you recommend a new witness get noticed?

• spending big bucks to get on the trending page?