I'm pretty new here also, but I think common sense dictates that when you enter a new community, trying to sell something straight away is bad manners. Imagine if you walked into a party with a bunch of people you had never met before and immediately started to pitch people to invest in your company or buy a product? Unless it was an event that was specifically designed to be a sales/networking meeting, most people would stop talking to you.

The vision of Steemit is not to try and be another platform that is trying to buy and sell you at every turn. It is a place that aspires to reward good content and to build a worthwhile community.