Thanks, Neal. I've really enjoyed some of your videos (F**k the FED, they're lyin, how the game works...all good stuff! ) Regarding the photo with name and date, it seems to me that a scammer could easily take your picture and "photo shop" a different date (so they could pretend to be you). If it was a short video ("Hi, I'm Neal Fox, it's August 9th, 2016") that would work better IMO. That said, I didn't do either...I'm hoping the Facebook verification of my identity is enough.
One more thing, if you want a short and inexpensive primer on Sttemit, there's a 99 cent Kindle ebook called "Steemit 101" at Amazon. It's got some decent info.