Yeah i also agree with you.
They need to do this.
Otherwise we have face some problem.

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They get paid regardless. Why work and get paid when you can not work and get paid?

No one cares about Steemit or STEEM. It's all just trash money that's being printed out mostly for free to those get the most of it.

There's really no reason to care, or be anything but short-sighted.

I think since they're already on top, it's impossible for them to see the small fish. Like the politicians!

I'm seeing tons of 504 Gateway Time-out messages lately. Is this related or simply a bandwidth issue?

Maybe they don't belive the project anymore 

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agree with you they need to do something about it.

The main mistake we make is voting for witnesses we don't know and then believing they will do the job.

May be,  they mean the block chain tree should grow like palm/coconut tree straight in air than a Banyan tree which spreads across the area and provides shade to a large community.

Coconut trees are the top witness and we hear under your share of banyan tree :)

They certainly aren't doing the job, but we're the ones to blame for giving them power without really knowing if they're great voices to get us through.

Maybe there should be like a voting expiration? Like if the witness has no full node in 1 year the chain turns off votes? IDK if it could work...

There should be **elections** for witnesses. That way we'd be more incentivized to reflect on our witness choices every year or so.

people get tired and move on to next projects. There's no incentive to work hard if you are a whale

Nodes that fully verify all of the rules of block chain are called full nodes...
Full nodes ensure the perfection and accountability of block chain transactions.. which not widely understood.

I found an article interesting  to the topic by @teamsteem from last year

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The idea, as in everything, is to take advantage of the weakest and to benefit. If a person is hungry and someone comes along saying they have food, you go and believe them. Siren Tales

**Those at the top don't want the young ones to reach their levels, anyways the young shall grow someday... steemit is becoming discouraging and I think a measure should be taken to solve this**😗

Well maybe we should ask Jerry? I don't think I know enough about witnesses to fill make a comment. But don't people endorse him as a witness to?

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**If it's true, you have to do a good job to try harder, since you are rewarded for it, quality is to have success.**

**If it's true, they have to do a good job to try harder, since they are rewarded for it, quality is to have success.**

We should care more about our vows and rethink them. In the real world too.

Makes no sense to me at all. It's about securing your investment - do everything you can to make what you're involved in succeed. 

Howuch extra work / effort / money is involved in running a full node? 

Anywho - hope you're doing well B.

Bernie, president did not work out for you, become a witness!