Great post. Thought I was doing something wrong by not using them but I live by the philosophy that "you never get something for nothing" so always avoided them. Best way is to just interact with other uses by leaving comments and sharing articles. Yours has been very helpful, thank you. Here is an article I wrote that asks for help for us 'noobs'. You may be interested and hopefully you could help too. Peace to you and yours. https://steemit.com/tutorial/@article61/hello-steemit-can-i-have-some-help-please