RE: What the fuck do witnesses do?

As someone coming back to Hive after needing to be away for a few years, as someone who sees this place as something more than a place for crypto to crypto, I really appreciate this serious look at the contrast between different perspectives on what a Hive witness is, or should, be doing. Recognizing my votes as an account with relatively little Hive Power don't mean much, I'd like to use them, in a considerate way. Is there a way to see what witnesses a specific user (...say, you) has voted for, to help begin the process of qualifying witnesses beyond voting for who is already popular? !BBH