Hey there @revotingpeasant I nominated you in this newbie initiative, where you have the chance to get a @dustsweeper account just by replying with the comment "I would like to try out @dustsweeper" in the comments thread linked below.
Do yourself a favour and check out how it all works by reading the official explanation here to understand how it can help you as a newbie in particular. This is a community initiative to help steemians with low vote power, to recoup lost or what is called 'dust' votes'.
I was going to check it out but the link wouldn't open.
Then I got another gateway timeout. But it seems to be working now.
I would like to try out @dustsweeper
Yeah, there are a lot of problems with steemit in the last few days. I've had similar problems. Both links work fine (just double checked), it's just the time out and slowness of network.
What you need to do though, is go to the first link, find my comment in the thread, and reply with the same line as you have above. Your comment needs to be seen by the account that is running the initiative (not me lol) If you have any problems, just reply again and we'll get it sorted!
I was happy to see that you met my friend @amariespeaks, who included you in the #newbieresteem newsletter...very cool!