Hi! I found your post through reddit. Interesting story! What's DAPL? The number next to your handle is your reputation which is determined based on votes. I've had a long break from steemit but want to become active again. Just yesterday I upvoted something when it had just a few votes and the next day it's on the front page of the sub and I thought if this was steemit I'd get rewarded for my foresight.

I guess there are still friction points for people used to other social media. The long and multiple passwords is certainly a big one. Btw, so that you don't need to type passwords in future may I recommend that you use a password manager? Keepassx is a free and open source one that does the job well and then you can just search, copy & paste your passwords when needed.