All this that has happened to you is really unfortunate, and with Hive being a decentralised platform, people work and act in different ways. Since there are no rules on Hive (it's decentralised) there are only community acceptable behaviors which may evolve over time, you may hear people say do this don't this every now and then. Community members move at different pace and work in different ways, as long as you steer away from the plagiarism (the biggest no go area on Hive) you will be ok.
With regards to this episode, I would suggest taking it to your stride. There is no authority here to judge right and wrong, but the community, in general, will always welcome and support new genuine and authentic users on Hive. Trust you will fall into this bucket.
As to support for newbies nowadays, tbh it's a lot better than when I started out 5 years ago, but then things were a bit wild west back then, leading to a lot of bad practices which the community has gradually ironed out now. It's not too late that you have come across all the available newbie content now, there's a lot to learn on Hive, but basically just enjoy yourself, and engage with others will be a very good start. The rest will follow 🙂
Thank you for your comment. It all make sense. Me being as I am - I can take it, and forget it,
but not all people have that in them.
Plus you say there is no right and wrong, but in the same time there are self appointed police here. Don't really know what to think about it.
Obviously - the happy medium would be the answer, but I don't think is possible to agree upon one way in such huge community.
You are clearly very experienced user, from what I see on your account you are super active in the community, and I imagine very busy person in the real life. I very much appreciate you taking the time to write such elaborate and clear answers.
Thank you very much. Hope this picture of Fatty will brighten your day!