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The frontend has nothing to do with blockchain governance as far as witnesses are concerned, witnesses are concerned with matters at blockchain level and not ui level. This proposal is exactly what it is, a proposal. There is no point in wasting days of discussing with the community whether to offer to buy steemit.com only to have justin turn around and refuse to sell. The most efficient way is this way, find out if Justin is willing to sell and then go back to the community with a crowdfund proposal which can then be accepted or rejected.