I'm happy you chose to stay back after reading the encouraging comments. There are always going to be meanies, I encountered some and I steer away from them. In fact it's the reason I lost interest in engaging in hive discord communities because people have been so mean to me when I ask questions there.

When I first joined hive I always told my partner, "They hate me" but now that I am in communities where I feel very welcome, I don't get that feeling anymore.