Hello Simon thank you for your response steemit is another world than Facebook and i totally agree with what you are saying. you can go on a persons blog and you than can follow this person or you can up-vote the article or comment i just up-voted your comment and that is how it works. i am also new to everything on this platform i suggest to follow some people with knowledge about steemit just use the search bar like google to find your way and thank you again for your comments and likes Gratitude!!