Welcome to Steemit! I sincerely hope you stick around. We are at the early stages and Steemit is still in Beta. On Facebook I'm only connected to people I know. Here I've already connected to people around the world. Steemit is quickly adding users and the users are building apps and helping to add new features!
I feel positive and happy when browsing my feed and can simply unfollow the people that bring be negative energy.
We welcome you and your friends with open arms!
cheers,
@rebele93