Introducing Myself

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Hello

As suggested by the above picture of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament I am based in the UK. I am a writer on political and social issues, mainly from a UK perspective but sometimes I write about issues further afield as well. I am very keen to make contact with other UK based people on Steemit who are also interested in political and social issues.

I actually joined in November last year but I haven't been very active here till now. One of the reasons for this was that I was very busy, but another reason was that I began to read some negative commentary about the Steem project. In a nutshell, certain people were saying that Dan Larimer is a scam artist and that the Steem currency was a Ponzi scheme. I started to listen to a lot of commentary on the subject, and I eventually reached the conclusion that the claims were incorrect (although admittedly I have only a very basic understanding of the technology). My second post explains my thoughts and conclusions on all this:

Ponzi Scheme, Gift Economy, or Something Else Again?

Having reached this conclusion I now intend to dive in and get involved regularly in the Steemit community. I am very interested in this platform, I think the reward system is revolutionary and could open up all kinds of possibilities for how we communicate in the internet age.

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welcome to steemit hope you enjoy the platform

Thanks ewasteguy1!

not a problem, your welcome

Welcome, chaunceytinker! I wish you a very successful journey here in this awesome community :) All the best!

By the way, there are several groups you as a newcomer can join. They will stay with you for your journey, helping and mentoring along the way.

@greetersguild invite link https://discord.gg/AkzNSKx
@newbieresteemday invite link https://discord.gg/2ZcAxsU

Greetings from the other side of the pond. Welcome! It is so nice to have you here with us. Please let me know if you have any questions, and I will be glad to try to help out if I can. Good luck!

Thanks for the welcome mepatriot!

You're very welcome. Always glad to help if I can.

Have fun and welcome.

Very well written article! You have a talent, develop it. I follow you, I'm always glad to make new acquaintances, I hope you will follow me.

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