Good to have you on board mate! I got Zuckerberg out of my life a while back and haven't looked back.
Thanks for checking out my blog. I write about lots of things including preparedness occasionally. Guns too. It's a tough time to get onto steemit right now but through good content and engaging with other users you'll carve out a niche and at the bare minimum have some fun.
I suggest you check out some blogs. Don't worry too much about the NEW tab though. if you find a user you like see who they follow and check them out as well. It's a good way to find people. The image below shows how you can see the FEED of another user. See what they see in their feed I mean. Simply replace my user name with that of another user with the /feed after it and you'll see their feed. You can check out who they follow from there. Heaps easier that way.
I'll give you a follow and see how you go. Good luck @survivecollapse