Questions from a new Steemarian (is that the right name?)

illanit670 (35) in feeling • 7 years ago (edited)

I must be really dense. When I first signed up for Steemit I thought it was just another Social Networking site! That's the way it was listed on the page where I read about it.

Silly me.

I have a few questions because suddenly I am feeling very uncomfortable about the whole thing. Maybe I'm overly cautious.

I read that you can not delete your account? Is this true?

Do you have to buy anything on Steemit? Do you have to purchase Steem? I really don't want to do that.

I still can NOT figure out all these "keys" . I've read several articles on them. Watched a few YouTubes...but I still do not get it. I have no idea if the loooong numbers/letters code I was given by Steemit when I first signed on is my master password? I read that you have to keep your passwords off the internet but how is that possible when you have to use them on the internet?

At the moment all I feel is confused and stressed out that I may have gotten into something over my head.

I think I MIGHT feel better about it if there was a clear, concise instruction somewhere on the keys/passwords. Maybe there is but I can not find it.

I can't figure out which "keys" to print out. I read that you should print them out and put them in a safe? I don't even own a safe. Don't have a safety deposit box at a bank either. I do have an old tin can and a shovel I suppose I could bury it in the back yard.

Which "keys"are you supposed to use to log on? Isn't it the one that I was given by Steemit? That's what I am using. I don't know what other key to use or where to get it.

I have no idea.

Lost. I am just lost. Lost and feeling frustrated.

If there was a visible "delete account" button I'd probably click it at this point but I saw that if you want to terminate your account you have to provide verification thru a credit card? I don't even have a credit card.

I have a feeling that I am not the only one feeling like this.

Oy vey...what did I do?

(decided Steemit is not for me wont be back)

feeling lost on steemit

7 years ago by illanit670 (35)

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steemflow (72) · 7 years ago

What makes you so frustrated. Sorry i am not helpful on your concern, still looking at your frustration I am getting bit scared ...

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illanit670 (35) · 7 years ago

Thanks for your reply. I can not understand how to keep this account safe. I just read that you can not delete posts, you can not delete your account. This seems very strange to me. The biggest issue is trying to understand all these "keys" and what to do with them. I have tried to figure it out but I am just getting more confused by reading.

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sarahspeaks144 (41) · 7 years ago

@illanit670 - Running all over Steemit, I found your posted decision to stay. Good! Here's a link you may have read by now. Best wishes!

https://steemit.com/steemit/@gaman/new-to-steem-series-1-my-number-1-rule-secure-your-owner-key-failure-to-adhere-to-this-rule-results-in-massive-loss

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sarahspeaks144 (41) · 7 years ago

@illanit670 – Dear illinanit670 , you must be the Steemit twin living inside my head, echoing and broadcasting my thoughts. I hope you’re still with us. I hope your decision to leave is not final. “Why?” you ask. “What difference does it make?” Well, my first very selfish reason for begging you to stay is so that I won’t be the only “Steemian” (in answer to your question) who feels completely lost almost all the time. Just recently, laboring under the assumption that I understood the term well enough to follow directions, I tried to “power up.” That means converting the balance in your Steem wallet to maximize your “influence” on the platform. This was an absurd notion. Having no discernible “influence” anywhere else in the world, by what wild stretch of the imagination would I presume to acquire influence in a cryptocurrency environment about which I know nothing? Three very kind and helpful Steemians have done their utmost to help me bridge the gap between total ignorance and basic, functioning knowledge. Despite their best efforts, I could have written your post. In fact, I had to blink and think, “Did I write this?”

I’m also begging you not to leave because you’re obviously intelligent, analytical, funny, sensible, pragmatic, down-to-earth, and to-the-point. In other words, a rare human being. If you leave Steemit, how will we find you again? It isn’t as though rare human beings just turn up every day. We understand that Steemit is not for the faint of heart. But you’re clearly not faint of heart. There is a popular rumor that Steemians may be among the most intelligent, imaginative, productive, and resourceful global citizens on the planet. Now why would you want to leave such a community? Think about it. You’d be bored anywhere else. You might even languish. No, I can’t explain the “key thing.” Keys are for incurably anal-retentive, algorithmic, left-brain mathematicians who like to lock things up. Keys are not for us. None of my keys worked during Steemit.com’s 100 thousandth Distributed Denial of Service attack. But who needs keys? Wait until there’s something to hoard and think about it then. Meanwhile, come home, @illanit360 living in a place called Japan. We miss you already!