Yes, could become a conflict of interest for witnesses once EOS dapps launch. Now it seems to me that witnesses just like us, are dipping their toe in the water. Who knows what exactly will happen with EOS..
Thats especially the case with minnows, most of whom have extremely limited earning potential on Steem. (im one of the very few super lucky ones).
That is why you are seeing cheerleading posts. People just cant stand the drama, cant stand unfairness (anyway they might judge that), they hate 50% of SP is locked in bot delegation, they hate that only a small handful of "saint whales" upvote minnows, they hate that Curie and OCD are the only big players in the community curation game that actually value quality, they hate the trending page looks the way it does.
There is a lot of frustration and the way they deal with it is: "EOS will be better, will be best, i couldnt earn here, but on EOS, that will change completely.
Call that what you want. Delusion, lying to yourself that the promised land is just across that hill, passive aggresive voicing of their frustration... etc
You said it yourself that you encourage others to try EOS out, but this is slowly turning into Xbox vs playstation debate.
Some people will literally yell at you, call you ignorant, lacking in knowledge, if you criticize EOS.
Their incessant cheerleading for EOS is a sort of revenge to the Steem blockchain.
You might be a little hard on witnesses that are trying out EOS. As i said i think it will become a conflict of interest, but it still is not until we see what EOS has to offer. Witnesses will have to make a choice.
Its either Xbox or Playstation.