Helloooooooooooo, can anyone hear me? Is there someone here? I can’t seem to find my way, too many paths, little or no description. Hello Steeemians… I am lost, not in the forest but right here on steemit. Oh how much I need direction. Precisely two weeks ago, I joined the steemit, the** steem** platform, I was so eager to meet people of like minds, to interact, share ideas, collaborate and get results that will be of benefits to our society. I was almost ready to publish my introductory post but I decided to check out things here for myself.
In the first week, it all seems too silent, awkward, to be honest, the silence was deafening. As confused as I was, I decided to write a post just to feel the pulse and hopefully test the waters. Bam Bam Bam, the silence grew louder. I had to double check the URL – for the not too techy, URL means Uniform Resource Location (web address) and yes I was on the right website – steemit.com. How then do I build connections in a silent place as silent as a tomb? But the testimonies about building and meeting people of diverse background and ideology across** steemit** are unending.
The following week, it all changed, clicking on my feeds, I was blown away, this time around the wall of silence seems to be fading and in its place – noise, noise, more noise, and confusion. I have seen tags like steepshot, Dtube, Dsound, Esteem, Busy, upvote, resteeming etc. There are tons of others that seem to be aiding my confusion. I almost forgot steemgigz – what else? A little handholding wouldn’t do any harm I guess.
Everyone seems to be talking to themselves. Everyone seems to be walking at a fast pace, looks like the rat race fever is here and a lot of people, opinion and ideas seems to be buried in the debris within this noise. I move around as much as I can, but the more I try to understand and find my way around steemit, steem, upvotes, sharing and collaboration the more confused I become. Are there really people here or just bots, mini-bots and macro bots. Okay for sure I know 
Aside from these guys, are there other humans here who are as passionate about changing the world and impacting lives? Practically, a lot of new folks are as confused as I am, but most won’t have the courage to speak up for fear of being term dummy.
I think I will carry out a survey in the coming weeks to try and ascertain the number of plankton – I learn that’s the tag for newbies, who gave up or almost gave up on steemit community because they felt it was too lonely, too silent or a little too noisy.
Be it as it may I am here to meet awesome people, and hopefully,y in the weeks to come, I hope to have learned enough from all those willing to help and use these ideas to help others too. I am leefrancis – let’s build bonds unbreakable on steemit.
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