This is one of those concepts that I didn't get - until I got it!
I am going to try to convey my understanding thereof for anyone and everyone who might share my limited knowledge of all this intricate jargon.
Lets start with the term DPOS: this stands for Delegated Proof of Stake and this is basically a consensus mechanism that Steemit uses.
In short Steemit is a decentralized block-chain, and they need a varied bunch of people running computers that create blocks for this block-chain.
And from what I understand these witnesses make more blocks than a lego factory prepping for the festive season!!
Thus they give you the opportunity to vote for witnesses that you believe in!
Every time you empower a witness by using your witness voting power you directly effect his ranking as a witness, so DO IT! VOTE! this will not cause a fairy to loose their wings, if anything it might magically allow a high strung main stream yuppy gain access to a much needed espresso at best... maybe no-one knows for sure!
You can always remove your vote at a later stage, should you feel the dire need to do so!
The to 19 witness accounts (these will be the ones with the most votes get first dibs to make blocks, the rest get to watch them until they get to make some too! And seeing that they get remunerated with Steem for their efforts ~ they all want more votes
They do some other important stuff too!
With that said I have voted for a total of 18 witnesses -
You will see that the first three are marked in a way that places none above the other, these three witnesses however remain my personal top three due to having personal value in my own Steemit journey. (
#1
#A
#1A 
The following is in no specific order, but all with reason (even if it was just because I really really liked their name - yes you know who you are!)
But then I got stuck, I would like to ask you to help me spend my last few votes by letting me know who some of your favorite witnesses are that you have voted for and why. So if there are any witnesses that touched your Steemit Journey that put their names at the top of your witness list - I would like to hear about it!
One Love
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HAPPY VOTING!!
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