Witness overview page

This is just an idea that has been in my head for about a million years. I once asked a developer friend if they were interested in developing it but they had another large project going on at the time and still.

So, basically it is a page where there is an overview of witnesses in a standardized form (to some degree) so that the average users can get a view of what individual witnesses are doing and their current thoughts on the Steem platform and direction they are trying to take it.

Currently, it is very difficult to keep track of what witnesses are doing and, it is very hard for witnesses to keep providing updates. The goal of this is to make it easier for witnesses to more easily present their information and for users to more easily access it. It doesn't have to be slick or glamorous but a tile layout would suffice.

What I am thinking is:

• Access to the witness page for witnesses is gained through Steemconnect to verify that the one who is editing the information is indeed the witness.

• Witnesses are given sections with a standardized basic layout with prompts for each relevant section plus the ability to free write if they choose.

• There is an indicator for "last updated"

• There is a link to the page available in the 'Vote for witnesses' section of Steemit.com at least, and other UIs if they choose

• Ranked in order of position with ability to see supporting vests

• Links to latest posts or pinned posts of the witness that the witness feels are relevant to voters.

What this will do is bring all witness basic information into the same portal and allow users to better understand and compare the perspectives and philosophies of witnesses without having to chase each one across Steem time and space and a myriad comments. Having a basic view provided that is easily updateable by witnesses as they change or introduce new projects means that the information can remain more relevant at all times.

This should also mean that the testing processes that @steemitblog mentioned could also be easily displayed and if there is some rough outline of presentation style suggested, it creates a more uniform approach for users to compare against and lower the barriers of knowledge required to do so. It means that witnesses could use it as a resource to develop their own rough testing standards among the group and also as a postmortem tool in cases where steps pledged may have been missed.

Additional factor for witnesses.

Since it would require Steemconnect to log in and prove witness status, there is the possibility for a witness only page that can be updated on the fly in times of crisis to disseminate information effectively and efficiently to those who need it. In the last month or so, we have had two massive cases where a page that could address witnesses directly with corrective steps would have come in very handy to ensure that all witnesses were on the same page so to speak in getting their nodes back up and running rather than feeling left out, as some expressed.

This is just a basic idea at this stage and I do not have the technical skills to develop it but I figure that if I throw the idea out there, a developer could potentially run with it and perhaps get support through @utopian-io for the development.

I think that having more witness transparency and easier access to information would result in more users at all levels taking a more active role in the direction of the platform. I think that it will also give more responsibility to the witnesses but make it easier for them to keep their information up to date and relevant.

Anyone interested?

Taraz
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