Hi @stallahassee Welcome to Steemit. I will try to answer your questions. Steemit is a community social network, it means that you are now part of a big community all around the planet. Everyone here can see your post and comment, upvote or downvote you, follow you. So that is why we ask all users to be creative in their post and never use sources they don't own. All user are invited to make a post that can be interesting for other users. Steemit not only hit the people familiar with the crypto market, but they are the first who respond because Steemit pay for the good contents in Steem Dollars SBD that can be converted in Steem and from there from any currency in the world. So again welcome and good adventure.