Hi David, welcome! From the responses (and your post) it sounds like you are well known media producer. Can I suggest doing a "verification"? That way your name here is protected and the community can confidently interact with your content. The common way it is done is to post a photo of yourself with a handwritten sign with "steemit" and your user name on it (or some variation on the theme). Another way would be to piggyback on your Twitter or Facebook verification (if you are verified there) and make a post on there mentioning you are now on steemit.

Anyway, welcome again. And as a progressive myself I look forward to reading your posts!