It does make a lot of sense to start with a feed - I keep my steemit feed in my browser bookmark bar and start out there. Incidentally, have you tried oneplace.media you not only get to start in your feed, but you can design your feed easily using tags which are populated for you - you can customise it or alter it on a day-to-day basis too. If you vote for oneplace witness the 5% tax that you would normally lose in rewards is waved.