Hello Hive account@justinmkelly, and welcome to steemit. From what I have heard and seen it can be a little bit of a transition from Youtube and facebook to Steemit. Along with D-tube there is D-live if you were/are a video streamer, I do not know much about either of them, I have did one small video (20 sec) or so I put on Dd-tube when it first came into being, it worked.

To avoid any questions or issues with Hive account@cheetah and plagiarism if you re-post any of your work here on steemit make sure that you clearly state it is your work, and if you can you should also put a link to steemit on each of your sites. Hive account@steemcleaners, They do have a content verification process that will whitelist your account and avoid most of the problems, here is that link. http://steemcleaners.com/reports/new . I have made reports to Hive account@steemcleaners through the form, so I know it is a safe link. There is a small Content/Identity Verification drop down menu on the right side of the form.

If you need help or get stuck on anything the people Hive account@newbieresteemday can try to help or at least point you to someone that may be able to help. I am a sort of floating member, so if you need help a shout out to them or me or any member and we will try to help. Posting off topic is mostly frowned upon here in steemit by a lot of people, however I am not one of them, so just drop a note on any of my post.

I use steemworld a lot, and it is always running, so I will get notified when someone uses my @ name. Steemworld.org is a very useful tool and simple to use. https://steemworld.org/@justinmkelly - - That is a link to your account.

There are a lot of writers and writing contest and challenges on steemit. Hive account@thewritersblock is one of the groups that support writers. Hive account@rhondak is the one that sort of runs it.

The only #tag you can not edit is the first tag, so you want to be careful what one you use, some people are pretty picky about tag usage. The other four tags can be edited. Well on that note so as to not completely overwhelm you, have fun, explore and enjoy your time, and if you get stuck or need help, give a shout.