But really, how do I tell witnesses apart?
I'm supposed to vote for 30 of them right? There's hundreds, and all are nothing more than a @agkjasd anonymous string of letters to me. They are all presumably responsible nice people, or they wouldn't have been voted witnesses in the first place. And reading a bit about a few of them, they all seem dedicated and believe in the future of steem. How do I choose?
I assume they all are somewhat different from each other in how they see steem developing in the future... but nowhere can I find this info. Kind of like what politicians would call a "platform". What are their platforms? Do I have to interview each one of hundreds myself, one by one?
For instance, what about the "whale wars" going on, how does each witness stand on that?
I'm also in the same confusion. I don't get much from this post on witness and things. Hope as the days go and we keep exploring there will be clarity on these topics. However, your question on how we choose from an anonymous list of users and vote them is still open in my mind as well.
I did see this witness make a post about himself that told us some of that info, just yesterday
https://steemit.com/@teamsteem