<p>I probably don't have any right to have an opinion on the shenanigans that are currently going on with Steem (Steemit) given I stopped posting last year? I'm not voting for any witnesses because:</p>
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<ul>B. As far as I know, no witness has done anything for me?</ul>
<ul>C. I can't entirely agree with the attempted coup that is going on.</ul>
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<p>If the current actions are genuinely about "Doing the right thing." and upholding some perceived view of what the community should be then taking what is in effect a militant stance is not the way to go about it. I also find it hysterical that witnesses and users are happy to let people join and stay on Steem who are already big hitters on Youtube, Instagram etc. who have only joined the platform to bleed it and their followers dry (I have one or two specific users in mind) and yet Justin, who is accused of supposedly attempting to do the same thing with sock puppet accounts is not only vilified but the community is trying to overthrow significant shareholders. As always with this type of thing, there are probably a lot of users who are too scared to say what they truly feel and even more who are possibly sheep and just following the crowd.</p>
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<p>Having said all that, if @steevc put himself up for withness I'd vote for him because he has always been a robust, consistent and loyal supporter of my account. We may well disagree on one or two things, but friendships transcend all the stuff.</p>
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