JUST JOINED STEEMIT
What's up guys!!! I'm super excited to join the #steem platform! 😁
My awesome friend @abigail.nolet told me to try it out, as it has a great system for people to encourage one another by simply posting things you like or stuff you've done.
So, here I am!
I was told I ought to make an #introduceyourself post, for you guys to get to know me better, before you actually see my #art.
Okay, first things first, I'm an #artist. I make all sort of things, but I primarily make custom longboard decks, with a #pyrography #drawing on the back. I started my very own #business over 2 years ago selling my products. (I'll talk about it more in future posts 😉). I also make some drawings and create wood objects from time to time.
I'm currently studying Industrial Design at Dawson College in Montreal. It's so cool! I get to create objects with different materials!
I absolutely LOVE #nature in all its seasons. Everything it has to offer is simply amazing; The different colors and scents, the various shapes and patterns seen in vegetation, the animals singing and the trees dancing, all living in harmony.
I won't get carried away, 'cause I could talk about nature for a while, even write a poem on the spot about it.
I believe I've told you enough about myself for now.
You'll get to know me better by joining me in this journey together.
All comments are welcome and I'll do my best to stay in touch with you all!
Thank you for your time and your interest reading this. 😄
Here's a picture of me being held captive by two beautiful butterflies.
Welcome to my world.
welcome to the era of freedom
hahaha thanks :P
Welcome to steemit douglas ;)
If you like the nature, you will love the #travel, #nature and #photography section here. @czechglobalhosts is hosting a daily challenge with awesome pictures from all over the world, check it out!
But what I am most interested in are your custom longboard designs - you should do that as your next post :)
I will stay tuned!
Too cool!! Thank you for the support!
I'll do a post on my longboards soon. :D
Stay tuned!
I am already following, so I will not miss it ;)
Longboarder here, and nature lover too. Welcome to our great community!
Thank you so much! 😁
Awesome! Longboard and nature both share kinesis :) Welcome to the family. Enjoy your stay and maybe sell a few of your custom longboard decks on @steemfleamarket? See you around!
Hey kaliju! Have you heard about Steembay?
Of course :) SteemFleaMarket is a lot different through :)
I've just had a look and yeah it looks like kijiji... or like a flea market;)
:) It's more like an initiative to help grow steemit and its memebers - it's a bit more serious than just selling things for your own personal gains. you can read about the core idea here:
https://steemit.com/steemfleamarket/@steemfleamarket/steem-flea-market-is-now-live-give-your-stuff-away-trade-buy-or-sell-and-earn-sbd-just-by-commenting
Thanks!!
Thanks! I'll look it up! I'm still learning how to use the platform and all the different possibilities it has to offer :)
Do you have any tips or tricks for me to keep in mind while using the app?
O'Kay! Here we go...
This should help you get started:
Steemit Tools
There are a ton of other tools to help you with Steemit. Here are some of the best for beginners:
https://steemthat.com/ (This site is great for anyone who wants to make friends on steemit fast and also offers A LOT of tools and knowledge on steemit. It's kind of like Facebook with layers of other extensions for steemit.com)
https://steemd.com/ (This site is used to keep track of your voting power and other stats. You do not want to run out of voting power, and you only get so much per day. I keep my voting power around 80% for example.)
https://steem.makerwannabe.com/ (This site will tell you who follows you, who unfollows you, and who mutes you. It is great for meeting new people too. I regularly check it to see who has followed me to see if I should follow them back.)
https://steemit.chat/ (This site is the official chat webpage for Steemit. There are Discord channels too, but I usually stick to the official site. Come in to network and meet new friends. You can directly message people there too, so it makes it easier to communicate with your closest friends.)
Bots
Oh yeah, there are a lot of bots on here. If you see a cookie cutter reply, especially to your intro post, it is almost certainly a bot. Check the account's reputation. If it is low, I would recommend just ignoring them. Everything is public on Steemit, so you can go look at an account's comments and replies. Are they all the same? It's a bot.
Sourcing and Adding Photos
Adding photos to your account as a new Steemian may be confusing at first too. The easiest way it to click to "Submit a Story." Once in there, use the built in Steemit tool to upload an image from your computer. Below the posting window, you will see "Insert images by dragging & dropping, pasting from the clipboard, or by selecting them." Click on the blue text. Once the image is uploaded, you can copy and paste the link into your account settings.
Here's a link to a Google Document @finnian made to help with the coding:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NlAoGnP8q7ZAxGsEnvza-qotUGkoaae4SwXdubAhi2g/edit?usp=sharing
Account Verification
Verifying your identity is very important because it will get you more support and people will trust you more. The best way to verify is to link back to your Steemit account by using another public social media account. For example, I posted my Steemit articles from here through my Twitter account. Another person posted their Steemit information on their Facebook account. Some people will even post a video of themselves writing out their account information since that cannot be Photoshopped. The more famous a person is or the more valuable their content is, the more important it is that they verify. If a new account falls within those two categories and fails to verify, it may get blacklisted.
Security
Do not use your owner key to log into Steemit.com to post. Use your private posting key instead. Keep your owner key offline as much as possible, and only use it when you must.
Per the advice given by Arcanage, you should only use your owner key to:
Recover your account
Change the other keys.
Give a present to your children a few minutes before dying.
A lot of scams have been happening on Steemit recently. If you click a link to a site that prompts you to log into it, be extra careful. Double and triple check the address to make sure it is really steemit.com. A recent scam was using "lsteemit" as the domain name, and people were entering their owner keys to log into it. That allowed the scammers to take those user's accounts, empty the money from them, and then ruin their reputation by using the newly hacked accounts to further the scam.
If you find or suspect a scam, please report it in the #steemitabuse channel on steemit.chat.
Glitches
Steemit is having issues lately. Make sure you are copying and pasting your post content often as you write it, and put the data into another document to avoid losing it. I'll copy and paste my content into a Google document as just one example. Some people use Markup editors to do the same.
Definitely keep a backup copy right before you post it too, for some people have come back the next day to see half the post missing or the entire post missing even though the day before it appeared to have posted successfully. Make sure you copy and paste your replies too before you post them. They can vanish immediately after clicking to post them.
New follows are being reversed as well. If someone follows you and you see them unfollow you, check with them before you think they unfollowed you on purpose. A lot of times, these days especially, they did not mean to unfollow you. After posting this reply, I will follow you. If for some reason it shows that I did not, please let me know.
Welcome again @douglas.art! If you have any questions about getting started, look me up on the chat site or reply to this post. That's it! Enjoy your stay and I'm looking forward to your blog :)
I'm new here too, so your tips and tools help me a lot! Thank you so much @kaliju!
Welcome!
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