Following you now.
Make sure you stick a picture on all your posts or they look like crap in the feed. You can edit old posts so you can put a picture on this one.
If you post approved content you will get rewards, but if you expose the censorship agenda you will probably get spanked. More friends, and more rep can help, so start out carefully and get established before letting rip.
Hive is a rabbit hole, all the best
Ah ok. I have learned since starting but wasn't sure if I should edit in that way. Personally, I don't mind leaving it and it showcasing how much I've grown and learned but I could edit if you think the aesthetic will matter much long term. Interestingly enough, I looked back on this post in ecency and it just took my profile pic and used that for the thumbnail.
I'm not sure if this is unusual, but when I'm manually curating my feed in a hurry, the two things that decide my votes are the title and the thumbnail image!
And when I'm checking out new accounts I scroll straight to the bottom of their timeline and check out their first/intro post - so it's possibly worth updating that one occasionally