I haven't been here for two weeks yet so I'm still learning a lot! When I joined, I also joined several Facebook pages dedicated to getting upvotes, and at first I felt a little disappointed because I imagined how my posts would just disappear amongst everyone else trying to get noticed. I didn't come here expecting to make a lot of money, but of course the idea of getting rewarded for your time and effort is very attractive. I am happy to have gained 66 followers already, which I consider to be a great start! I am mostly interested in being a part of this community for finding inspiration and support from new people with new ideas. I've lost interest for my Facebook and Instagram accounts for too long and need a new start. As an artist it is very encouraging to be able to participate in challenges, contests and collaborations! I feel strongly that I'm going to be more motivated to post on Steemit than in regular social media. I find this much more including and social, besides from being an obvious leap forward from the other sites I'm on. As soon as I found some interesting people to follow I quickly found lots of amazing stuff, brilliant ideas and great content! I just had to see past the upvoting focus that seemed to be very overrepresented and discouraging before I knew what to look for. It will be a natural process that it gets more interesting and rewarding the more I participate, and I'm excited to see where this goes! :-)