They need the top 18 spots in order to make any changes to the code.

I'm not trying to "change the world" but apparently merely talking about witness votes has them twitching.

Why else would acid bother giving me a 100% downvote ?

You have 30 witness votes - AND IF YOU DON'T USE THEM, THE OLIGARGHS WIN BY DEFAULT.

The least you can do is to get under their skin a little by voting for NOT the current top 50.