Finding your zone in Steemit can be a bit tough. And avoiding starting down a spammy/scammy path is tough sometimes because so many leeches end up misdirecting new Steemians. I hope to avoid that.
I have a few tips for you......:
find a community. Maybe join the @minnowsupport project.
comment and follow other's articles for your first 1-4 months here more than you do your own posts. This will actually help you to gain Followers. And improve and refine your Posting style(by seeing other's good examples and bad examples).
don't plan to get rich. If you come for money, it will probably be a struggle.
it will still be a struggle when you are new.... for 2 or 3 months. As you meet more steemians and ask questions and figure things out, it will get easier.
only Post original work. Many new Steemians get into trouble when they copy and paste things from Google or from the internet, AND IT IS NOT their photo, writing or work. IF you can't post your own things, better not post. Otherwise @cheetah will get suspicious!
comment and make friends, but don't ask "Follow me" or "please Upvote me" Maybe after you have become friends... maybe. But never as your first, second or third comment to them. Never!
Use appropriate tags. If the tag doesn't match. Don't use it. Tags are important to help people find what they are looking for. Misusing tags causes many problems here on Steemit.
have fun!
I am a community volunteer. I try to stop SPAM and trash and things that hurt Steemit. IF you see anything like that, please feel free to let me know, I will look into it!
I'm finding your comments everywhere @public-eye
This is great though, thankyou.
One spot i'm unsure of is if a blog is your own content, but you need a picture to add to it, it is acceptable to grab one off google images as long as you link the source to it underneath the photo?
I was going to ask about @minnowsupport but that gets confusing too. there are bots that you can purchase upvotes for yourself, i see so many doing that.
To start i will join @minnowsupport and see where that leads. talk to you later 👍
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In perfect copyright / plagiarism issue..... it normally is not okay to grab a picture from Google. But to be fair... I have done it 2-3 times. It can come back to bite you. If you use a photo that belongs to someone else. And later they do a search and see you used it... and see your post paid out $50 or $100. They can make a fair and legal claim for all or a portion of that reward. Or simply sue you for using it. This normally only happens if you are successful or make money off the blog(which at steemit, we do) but they are legally capable of suing just for using their image without asking. Each time and always that you can use pixabay.com or another free image site... that is 110% better and safer! IF you do otherwise.... do so with caution and restraint.
Amongst Steemit and Steemians... It seems to be allowed that you use others' photos as long as your post is the MEAT and the image is just the garnish. IF the image you borrow really "Carries" your post, then not really okay.
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I see, another great and helpful comment, thank you.
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