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You can quite easily get off to a bad start here, I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

The amount of crap and shit I have to look through to find something decent is staggering.

You looked to have made some effort, you stood out. I don't need to do this, but want to welcome new talent.

I delegated a little STEEM to you, otherwise you would not be able to reply, vote etc...

Did you get the account via @blocktrades? I would have thought @blocktrades would have given you a temporary delegation.

If I appear to be speaking another language, don't worry about it. There's a lot to learn.

What you mean by "I delegated a little STEEM to you"? Pardon my ignorance, I checked my wallet and saw I got the same STEEM of last night. Yes, I created the account via blocktrades. I paid about 6$ to get Steem too (approximately 44 STEEM). What did I do wrong? Thanks for your help.

What did I do wrong?

You did nothing wrong, but may not have finished the process. To use the STEEM which you purchased effectively you will need to power up that steem. That can be done in your Wallet by using the drop down menu to the right of your STEEM amount.

By powering up your STEEM will give you a greater stake. This is what can make one person's upvote more valuable than another person's due to them having more stake.

It does take a number of weeks to power down your SPs (Steem Power) to be able to use it again as currency.

STEEM On!!!

Oh, you're so right! Thanks you! Done :)

Contrary to other opinions @gabrielmarian, you can use images and text, but it is a given that you must give the credit to the author or the artist, it is done with grace and style all the time in Steem, see my regular comment in a little bit.