I've only been here about 2 weeks, and will say I was honestly a little disconcerted by all the "follow me, vote me" comments that seem to be everywhere - especially in the chat and on discord (and yes, almost all of them are rife with misspellings).... not to mention all the "shitposts" I see, some of which are making hundreds of dollars for a stock image and a couple of sentences.
@alexpmorris, I will for sure be checking out your scripts, I think I really need the hide resteems feature, even with just the few people I am following.
Also a great point about staying out of Steemit drama. My very first day I resteemed something I shouldn't have just out of ignorance to the whole platform and situation (and also just curiosity of what a resteem actually was!). Luckily, my account is/was so new and meaningless I didn't receive any backlash.
We all live and learn - I am reading the white paper now, and have learned so much already from the awesome contributors on here.
regarding the white paper, if you're gonna read it, make sure you read the updated version, although be aware that it's still a bit "out of date" as well, as there have been many changes and adjustments to the model along the way:
Link: Announcing the Steem Bluepaper!
Also, I wouldn't worry about the resteem, just happy that @themarkymark's been working hard towards squashing some of the abuse taking place on the platform.
Besides that, hope you find my scripts helpful as well! :)
It is the updated version, and I've already got the Bluepaper printed and ready to read next. I thought reading both would help in catching up on the history and progression of the platform. Thanks, Alex!