For the first part of last week I was only making comments and trying to curate. One because I needed to get the lay of the land and two, bandwidth.
Then I realized there was an #introduceyourself tag and so I actually did that on Thursday.
This week, I've been posting twice a day, once in the morning and one in the evening. Still commenting and curating as much as I can.
I think I officially turn 11-days-old in Steemit time in less than an hour, so I haven't been around long enough to give up hope yet. I have a friend @bbrewer who introduced me to Steemit and he let me know more or less what to expect (he didn't want to have me turn tail over the rest—actually, though, there's plenty here you just need to experience and figure out for yourself).
That said, I'm not rushing out to endorse the place to anyone who isn't already here, but I also have hope that Steemit and anything else it inspires to be built upon its blockchain and basic principles will reach its great potential.
You've been really kind to me, too. Everything you've said about me I say back to you.
I agree with so much of what you said (especially about me being kind, lol jk)... seriously I think you are very smart and a good thinker and I'm looking forward to discovering things with you together in the future.
ps you were an inspiration to me when I saw you doing it different, I tried to figure it out and you were a spark that made me think about just commenting sincerely and engaging as being a solution on how to prosper here.
And I was just following some advice I'd ran across a couple of times and have then stumbled into more since, so hey, maybe following rules that make sense does have its advantages! I guess we'll find out when we've graduated from Plankton to Minnow and onward and upward after that!
lol... yeah I just got my SP to above where a newbie starts with the delegation. I will rise up from plankton one day, I'm sure of it! hahaha
ps and following rules helps for sure, it at a minimum shows you read the whole post.