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The US Constitution's a contract I didn't sign. I will die defending individual liberty if all other means fail however. Documents can be changed by a majority of idiots. I am a minority of one, and I will defend my natural and unalienable rights with violence as a last resort.
I'm been really burned out on Steemit recently because of the glitches and access issues. Worse, I've run across a lot of inconsistent people on here lately. Today I didn't go through new posts looking for promising new accounts and friends until very late. Then seeing a bunch of crap, I almost closed it all out.
I saw your other post though with "safety first," and now here I am.
Webpages
There are a ton of other webpages to help you with Steemit. Here are some of the best for beginners:
https://steemd.com/ (This site is used to keep track of your voting power and other stats. You do not want to run out of voting power, and you only get so much per day. I keep my voting power around 80% for example.)
https://steem.makerwannabe.com/ (This site will tell you who follows you, who unfollows you, and who mutes you. It is great for meeting new people too. I regularly check it to see who has followed me to see if I should follow them back.)
https://steemit.chat/ (This site is the official chat webpage for Steemit. There are Discord channels too, but I usually stick to the official site. Come in to network and meet new friends. You can directly message people there too, so it makes it easier to communicate with your closest friends.)
Bots
Oh yeah, there are a lot of bots on here. If you see a cookie cutter reply, especially to your intro post, it is almost certainly a bot. Check the account's reputation. If it is low, I would recommend just ignoring them. Everything is public on Steemit, so you can go look at an account's comments and replies. Are they all the same? It's a bot.
Sourcing and Adding Photos
Adding photos to your account as a new Steemian may be confusing at first too. The easiest way it to click to "Submit a Story." Once in there, use the built in Steemit tool to upload an image from your computer. Below the posting window, you will see "Insert images by dragging & dropping, pasting from the clipboard, or by selecting them." Click on the blue text. Once the image is uploaded, you can copy and paste the link into your account settings.
Here's a link to a Google Document I made to help with the coding:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NlAoGnP8q7ZAxGsEnvza-qotUGkoaae4SwXdubAhi2g/edit?usp=sharing
Account Verification
Verifying your identity is very important because it will get you more support and people will trust you more. The best way to verify is to link back to your Steemit account by using another public social media account. For example, I posted my Steemit articles from here through my Twitter account. Another person posted their Steemit information on their Facebook account. Some people will even post a video of themselves writing out their account information since that cannot be Photoshopped. The more famous a person is or the more valuable their content is, the more important it is that they verify. If a new account falls within those two categories and fails to verify, it may get blacklisted.
Security
Do not use your owner key to log into Steemit.com to post. Use your private posting key instead. Keep your owner key offline as much as possible, and only use it when you must.
Per the advice given by Arcanage, you should only use your owner key to:
- Recover your account.
- Change the other keys.
- Give a present to your children a few minutes before dying.
A lot of scams have been happening on Steemit recently. If you click a link to a site that prompts you to log into it, be extra careful. Double and triple check the address to make sure it is really steemit.com. A recent scam was using "lsteemit" as the domain name, and people were entering their owner keys to log into it. That allowed the scammers to take those user's accounts, empty the money from them, and then ruin their reputation by using the newly hacked accounts to further the scam.
If you find or suspect a scam, please report it in the #steemitabuse channel on steemit.chat.
Again, welcome, and I've followed you! If you have any questions about getting started, look me up on the chat site.
Thank you very much for your time and advice. I am just learning the ropes of all of this -lol- it IS inspiring, however, even if it is a bit difficult to navigate. To your statement regarding the constitution, I agree, somewhat... the Constitution does not GRANT rights, it DEFINES inalienable rights. It is a fundamental facet of jurisprudence and philosophy of natural law that people have inherent rights and in order for life to exist, those rights must be learned and utilized. It's scientific.. however, the constitution is only a piece of paper, its like any other holy-book (; take what works and discard the rest. Prudence..... it is the mark of the nobleman, the gentleman to be upright and well educated, but primarily honest. Humble, but not in the sense that he/she allows himself or herself to be walked upon. This is why I thouroughly enjoy the libertarian/voluntarist version of the black and yellow "don't tread on me" porcupine rendition of the Gadsden flag. The porcupine is never the aggressor(NAP), it doesn't eat anybody, it isn't a snake... it is just a porcupine... don't step on it, if you step on the porcupine you can fully EXPECT to be hurt, but that is per your OWN voluntary free will choice . 😂
(I had a run in with a porcupine once as a kid... maybe eight or nine...)