Almost a week ago, @emrebeyler analyzed Steem proposals from the point of view of participation to voting on proposals, compared to the total amount of Steem powered up.
It came down to 16% of the total SP being involved in voting on at least a proposal. That includes own stakes and proxy-controlled stakes for voting.
Emre thought that was a pretty decent percent, given the novelty of the SPS, and that proposals are generally development-, or at least tech-related.
There is another excuse. The percent is calculated based on the whole SP vested, including the inactive and dead accounts. It would be great if we could have a better representation, by correlating it with active accounts only.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure not all of you have taken some time to vote for Steem proposals (on a regular basis). How about to make this a Monday routine?
I still use Steemproposals.com, although I don't like that I can't easily check what are the proposals I already voted for (for example with a filter by username, since no login is necessary). You can see that on the proposals page of SteemPeak however, for the logged in account.
Have a look at the proposals and vote what you think should receive funding. They will, if they pass the Return Proposal threshold (which acts like a regular proposal, only to return all remaining funds at that distribution time back to the pool, so no proposal after it will receive funding).
You should also pay attention to something like this happening:
What does that mean? It means that @simplymike has set a voting proxy for witnesses (which are used for SPS voting as well - I know, an anomaly). SimplyMike voted for a proposal, but the proxy didn't vote for the same proposal. The vote of the proxy is the one which matters. In this case, SimplyMike wanted to support a proposal, but his stake doesn't count, unless the proxy votes too, that's why it's stricken through.
You should check your own votes as well, if you have a proxy set.
How to do this? If you use Steemproposals.com, click on the amount of SP at the left of the row of any proposal. A window like the one above will open, and you should search your account there (if you voted for it).
Another thing you can do today is to check your witness votes (if you don't have a proxy set). Or to check your proxy, if he/she is still active and how witness votes are distributed.
You can see who your proxy voted for from many places. One of them is steemd, steemd.com/@proxy_username from the left column at the bottom.
You can set/reset your proxy from SteemitWallet.com/~witnesses. Here's how mine looks like:
If you don't have a proxy, go ahead and check out witnesses you voted for. This tool by @drakos can be very helpful: https://steemian.info/witnesses
If you don't know what to look for, this is the major disqualifying criterion:
- check that all your approved witnesses run blockchain version 0.22.0 or above; if not, disapprove it, everyone should be running the current HF22 version of Steem after all this time
For example, @utopian-io witness still ranks 41st on the list, despite being retired (with a proper announcement) for quite some time. Maybe it's time people disapprove it and other witnesses in the same situation.