Hi Dean, my name is Theo and I deleted my facebook over 7 and a half years ago. I had to use Google to find the link that lets you delete your facebook and NOT just deactivate it. I too live in the Ozarks with my wife. My wife is Bridget Martin. We both have accounts now. She was approved for her Steemit in just a few days but it took about a week before I was approved.
I'm still skeptic about cryptos but I like the idea of having this crypto backed social platform that is better then facebook and youtube. For the past 5 almost 6 years now I've been posting videos on my youtube channel under the same name. I plan on continuing where I left off here on D.tube and just leave my youtube channel inactive so people can still view my older material when they find me.