Yup that sunrise me in the first day here 😁.
I just used the site like fb and didn't really know much about this curating and reputation thing.
Luckily I googled some awesome guides regarding how steemit works. Moderators should be able to submit important guides though. It really overwhelming for a newbie on they may quit for not understanding how the system works.
We've all been there. :) But yeah, some basic guidelines should be made easily accessible.