Welcome to steemit Brickell.
While it is a little daunting at first figuring out all the different in's & out's of steemit....it can be done. Fortunately there are ammo cans full of tutorials and people explaining things here. I'm still relatively new, just a few months, but I'll share a few things that might help.
Right off the bat, a lot of things are probably similar in fashion to youtube, without the judgement I hope. Read as much as you can initially to help figure out the different processes to get out your posts, messages, monetize, etc.
Understand that it probably isn't going to monetize the way youtube does, although I'm not that familiar with that process. Most articles you'll find will mention interacting with people and having good. original content. That should be no problem for you. But understand it's a much smaller community here, and I'm not sure how large the "slug thrower" crowd is here.
So perhaps you can jump start it. ;-) Consider yourself "followed" now and good luck here on steemit.
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