Steemit Debut : Discovering a Beautiful Community

On my quest to learn more about blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, I stumbled upon Steemit. The appeal to join stemmed from the fact that there is a practical application to the coin and that it encourages community building. Ya, I'm a sucker for community :) So I joined and tried to learn more about the ecosystem. At first, I was a slightly disappointed to discover that I am only a little fish in this big pond but then was pleasantly surprised to see how the community was welcoming to little minnows like me. To all of you who followed even before my first post, I say : Thank you.

Then, while observing interactions, I ldiscovered Steemit etiquette gems. Such as that it is frowned upon to toot your own horn (very much like any social media). However, I was surprised by the amount of posts condemning or defending the behaviour. I mean, if compared to other social medias, it's not as if there are many Instagram or Facebook posts denouncing self likers…or advocates for the self liking community defending their rights to patting their own back. However, I understood the implications: It does not encourage community building and of course it affects financial incentives. Whatever you, do not threaten the value of financial incentives for short term individual gains, lesson learned. So will not upvote my introduction post but feel free to pat my back :). Which brings me to the next discovery, one must not be pushy about soliciting upvotes and resteems… will end it here with the etiquette discoveries for I am no Emily Post.

Now back to introductions, lest I offend the relevant content police… I started the Gymcrawlers community to invite others to join me as I try new fitness activities . I realized that for many, it might be intimidating to try a new sport of fitness activity (it was for me). So far did two obstacle races , grew fond of bouldering and even tried football , which unfortunately, resulted in an injury. Will share about my experiences and journey and I hope to hear about your experiences as well.