@blue1950 .... hey, thanks @blue1950 - really appreciate the comment .... : ) …

yup ... you're right, I'm in total agreement about the formatting ... no doubts! ... it was really just a copy and paste from the chat - quick, rough & ready, just to throw it out there and see what happens when posting ...

I'm working on a proper first-post ... I actually have huge amounts to say, and yes, all from the heart... thanks for commenting though, it gives further encouragement...

i've actually been working online for a long while now, although I could never quite get into social media... as mentioned, it all seemed to 'feel' so wrong - Facebook etc -

I think it was to do with the intentions of its creators, and the way that the users were/are actually fodder for advertisers etc... it all seems to be more like a 'social conditioning' platform rather than a 'social' one....

I'm cautiously fascinated by Steemit, not just because of the possibilities for earning through content, but also because the way the ecosystem seems to be built ... people seem real here ... Facebook on the other hand seems so wrong on so many levels....

High hopes for all things Steem...

it really does appear to be a democratic system - in it's truest sense - and the 'feel' of it, so important... the sense of it, well, it's just that it's good ... so yes, thanks very much for the welcome... and yes... i will Steem-ahead for sure!! ha ha!