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in #steemit • 7 years ago

Hey fellow steemit peeps. I cant seem to figure this thing out if we're being completely honest.

Can someone explain dischord and the steemit chat? Also, can I not follow a topic? I have to follow certain people???? That seems ridonculous to me. How do I meet people? The whole site seems to be about networking yet idk how to get in touch with people.

I've read all the faq and other good info. There's just a lot here and it's hard for me to get this massive heep of crap that got thrown at me as a "minnow"... The learning curve is just an absolute killer for me right now.

Thanks for your help in advance guys and gals!

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     7 years ago 

    I was just thinking the exact same thing about not being able to follow topics. It seems like that's exactly how reddit gets the community it has. You either have to be good at personal interactions like facebook or good at artificial communities based on topics like reddit, but it seems like steem fails at both.

    Don't get me wrong. I hope it takes off, but can the devs change/fix the layout?

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     7 years ago 

    Well for now I'll buy into the system I guess. Follow for follow? My God that just sounds cringy to say out loud....

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       7 years ago 

      lol totally. Just followed you.

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         7 years ago 

        OK, so a quick rundown to get you started, because any more would make your head explode ;)

        1. Post good content, that you care about, with good grammar. Or at least, review your article before you hit "post"
        2. To network with people you can leave replies on their posts. You can also meet people when they comment on your posts. Discord and Chat are great, we'll get to that.
        3. Choose 5 relevant tags for your post, THE FIRST ONE YOU TYPE IN THE TAG BOX IS YOUR MAIN TAG, this is where your article will end up. The other tags help in searches, etc. You can click on the trending page and check the trending tags on the right side of the page. These are your best options until you get the hang of things.
        4. Break up your text with images and headings. When you go to post there is a link for "markdown" on the right hand side. Learn it. If you still have trouble formatting your posts, use the editer, but you can do more formatting is you learn markdown and type in the code yourself.

        Discord

        Use Discord Chat to meet other Steemians. Click on a topic on the left and chat away. Please don't leave links to your posts here, unless requested by another user in your conversation. Also, you will see the use of @ everyone, this is mostly for admin use, so please refrain from using it as well.
        When in regular discord, not Discord Chat, you can leave the links for your articles in the relevant topics, again to the left. Post promotion topics start under "steemit-trail". If you need help ask Joe or Instructor2121. Please only post the same article in up to 5 topics, usually the tags you used on the post originally.

        Steemit.chat

        The same general rules apply to chat, you can search for topics on the left, enter the topic chat and talk to likeminded people. Read the rules at the top of the topic to see how the chat room should be handled. You can post links to your post in the topic rooms, but usually no more than twice. There is a "post-promotion" chat room that you can enter to post the links to all your articles. General chat is the same as Discord Chat, no links please, just talk.

        I hope this helps!

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         7 years ago 

        Welcome to Steemit :)
        I follow u, follow me back if u want lot of fun and amazing picture every day.

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