Welcome @stuart-pringle! It is a nice platform to socialise and earn some money. But it can be a roller coaster ride as making your space is not easy and steem prices going very down, it can be disheartening sometimes. Just write because you like to write and mingle with other like minded steemians because you like to.
I can vouch that this is better than any other social media any day!
So have fun and good luck!