All this that has happened to you is really unfortunate, and with Hive being a decentralised platform, people work and act in different ways. Since there are no rules on Hive (it's decentralised) there are only community acceptable behaviors which may evolve over time, you may hear people say do this don't this every now and then. Community members move at different pace and work in different ways, as long as you steer away from the plagiarism (the biggest no go area on Hive) you will be ok.

With regards to this episode, I would suggest taking it to your stride. There is no authority here to judge right and wrong, but the community, in general, will always welcome and support new genuine and authentic users on Hive. Trust you will fall into this bucket.

As to support for newbies nowadays, tbh it's a lot better than when I started out 5 years ago, but then things were a bit wild west back then, leading to a lot of bad practices which the community has gradually ironed out now. It's not too late that you have come across all the available newbie content now, there's a lot to learn on Hive, but basically just enjoy yourself, and engage with others will be a very good start. The rest will follow 🙂