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My Introduction Post! 😊👍🎉

Hi Steemit!

![1549393_1102806963080842_7187635105360229925_n.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYBLcaBVrWctEMMaP4UhjCMQwRMcLkWvLEoWyoEYxZCFR/1549393_1102806963080842_7187635105360229925_n.jpg) My name is Mel - and I'm stoked to be apart of this awesome community! 🙌

As you can see from my photo, I love having all kinds of outdoor adventures - this one was at the Grand Canyon!

I'm a web designer by profession, so I'm really excited to get to know my way around Steemit and start contributing!

My home city is the beautiful San Francisco, CA

Although, sometimes I just want to give it all up and become a handsome billionaire... 😆😆

Now that you guys have read through my bad jokes feel free to share any advice you guys have, I'm a total noobie so anything helps. 😅

Anyway, I can't wait to meet more Steemians and start contributing to this awesome community!

~ Mel

Replies (19)

Hello and welcome! Do you have any examples of your web design to share? Here's some information I share with new people to help them get started.

Webpages

There are a ton of other webpages to help you with Steemit. Here are some of the best for beginners:

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 I 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 master key to log into Steemit.com to post or use the site. Use your private posting key instead. Keep your master key offline as much as possible, and only use it when you must (money transfers). 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 scam recently was using steemlt.com, and people were entering their master keys to log into it. That allowed the scammers to take those user's accounts, empty the money in them, and ruin their reputation by using the newly hacked accounts to further the scam posts.

If you find a scam or suspect a scam, please report it to the #steemitabuse channel on steemit.chat.

Again, welcome, and I've followed you! If you have any questions about getting started, look me up on the chat site.

Webpages

Bots

Sourcing and Adding Photos

Account Verification

Security

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