It's a real shame that we have to argue to defend mutual consent and voluntary interactions. The world has gone mad my friend. Thanks and resteeming!
P.S. Any chance we'll see you in steemit.chat within #libertyprofessionals, #cooperative_agorism, or #libertarian? It's a great place to network and meet friends.
I'll echo @finnian's request for you to join us in the chat channels. We support each other, upvote, and resteem quality posts like this. We love to discuss freedom and liberty there, and you are more than welcome!
Oh, and upvoted and resteemed, of course!
You are most welcome, Finnian! I didn't know about the existence of those places you mentioned. Will check them out asap!
I know you're not a new user, but I'll share my usual new user info to possibly help:
There are a ton of other webpages to help you with Steemit. Here are some of the best for beginners:
https://steemd.com/ (This site is used to keep track of your voting power and other stats. You do not want to run out of voting power, and you only get so much per day. I keep my voting power around 80% for example.)
https://steem.makerwannabe.com/ (This site will tell you who follows you, who unfollows you, and who mutes you. It is great for meeting new people too. I regularly check it to see who has followed me to see if I should follow them back.)
https://steemit.chat/ (This site is the official chat webpage for Steemit. There are Discord channels too, but I usually stick to the official site. Come in to network and meet new friends. You can directly message people there too, so it makes it easier to communicate with your closest friends.)
Oh yeah, there are a lot of bots on here. If you see a cookie cutter reply, especially to your intro post, it is almost certainly a bot. Check the account's reputation. If it is low, I would recommend just ignoring them. Everything is public on Steemit, so you can go look at an account's comments and replies. Are they all the same? It's a bot.
Adding photos to your account as a new Steemian may be confusing at first too. The easiest way it to click to "Submit a Story." Once in there, use the built in Steemit tool to upload an image from your computer. Below the posting window, you will see "Insert images by dragging & dropping, pasting from the clipboard, or by selecting them." Click on the blue text. Once the image is uploaded, you can copy and paste the link into your account settings.
Verifying your identity is very important because it will get you more support and people will trust you more. The best way to verify is to link back to your Steemit account by using another public social media account. For example, I posted my Steemit articles from here through my Twitter account. Another person posted their Steemit information on their Facebook account. Some people will even post a video of themselves writing out their account information since that cannot be Photoshopped. The more famous a person is or the more valuable their content is, the more important it is that they verify. If a new account falls within those two categories and fails to verify, it may get blacklisted.
Wow! Thank you, Finnian! So thoughtful and useful!!!
Sure, I'm not a new user but I feel new, heh. Only really got into it recently.
I'm glad you are here. Any chance some of the others from G+ will come? Sadly, it seems only a few people have made the transition, and I miss many of my friends from there.
I'll do more active encouragement of them.
With steemit.chat it is asking me to register or sign in. Do I make a new account specific to steemit.chat or use my steemit credentials?
With steemit.chat it is asking me to register or sign in. Do I make a new account specific to steemit.chat or use my steemit credentials?
It is separate. Please use the same handle as steemit though, for it makes it easier for people to know who you are.
Thanks!
Hmm....did not know these channels existed in the steemitchat. Is there #anarchist or #minarchist ? Might have to drop by.
@the-ego-is-you runs the agorism channel. @richhersey runs the libertarian one. I admin the Liberty Professionals channel. Think of Liberty Professionals as a voluntary association, guild of sorts, for lovers of liberty.
It exists without separate webpages (libertyprofessionals.com will be for my security business, residential security consulting, and private investigation services), profit structures, or limitations to provide liberty minded people a way to network together for careers, barter, etc. It's a pretty open ended idea. Steemit is perfect for it, and hopefully one day soon we'll have communities to make it even more effective.
I've not seen those two channels. They probably don't need them with the ones we already have. :)