helps! wow what an awesome reply. And yes there are a good few of us concerned with retention.

At the moment I think (but I could be wrong) steemit chat is mentioned in the initial email. and again I could be wrong but minnowsupport is the official orientation program.
Although discord is fantastic, with any luck hivemind (the community feature on steemit) will be ready soon. Maybe it would be more in tune with steemit to get ready to build the community here?

heheh wish I had enough SP to support all the newbies