I'm so glad I found this post. I have been a Steemit noob for 23 days and have been loving absolutely every minute of my time here so far. It has been an interesting journey so far and I have met some great people as I try to learn as much as I can. I have done lots of research and found many posts that outline just how to wade through the Steemit waters but this post is a once stop shop for everything. I have been going through your essentials list for the past hour and will be continuing through tonight. I so agree with your 10 fiends or keeping you network relatively small. One of the first things I noticed on Steemit was that I was getting lots of followers and they had no idea who I am. I think they actually went to a page where I follow and just followed everyone on the list. I want to be able to build relationships where I actually have some intellectual connection or mutual interest with the people. For this reason I have kept my following list small, although that seems to be increasing as I read more posts from people involved with @steemiteducation.
Thanks for sharing and I look forward to reading more as I try to grow here on the platform.