Thanks for sharing your experience. What I love about your post is its mindset -- the focus is on human engagement and building community -- rather than "how to get rich quick on Steemit." There are intrinsic rewards for authentically interacting with empathy, compassion and mutual support and generally supporting the emerging community. Approached that way, SP/SBD rewards will naturally follow, but they are like an added bonus not the primary motivation for spending time on Steem. Also... thanks for the tips. As you know, I'm already on RMS in Discord. But I wasn't aware of whaleshares. I'll definitely check them out.