I've been hanging around this community for a little while as a lurker to see what it was about - for some reason Steem didn't send the verification code to my phone the first time I tried to sign up so I just lurked.
After awhile I decided to try again - and I was able to get verified and waited the crazy amount of time for my account to become active before I could start participating. - all good though. Patience I guess is a virtue - however it shouldn't be expected on the internet where everything is expected to be instantaneous.
My last post lived on the front page of new stories for less than a minute - since I didn't include some sexy chick photo in my post it's most probable that not many people even noticed the post existed.
When new people come to this place they are at a great disadvantage - they have no power and no way other than buying STEEM to get more power - so their posts will most likely never be seen.
I won't buy buy STEEM just yet because I don't see how this medium is going to attract new users and hold onto them when they find themselves voiceless and buried faster than the time it takes to write up an article. The Google search that STEEM is using doesn't even keep search results within the realm of Steem contributors and pulls results from the open web.
Maybe someone can explain the advantages of being here - because I have yet to see any.
