Maybe I should have figured these out by now but I have not so here goes.
1.) How is a whale a whale? Did they buy a bunch of steem or are they part of the original creation team?
2.) If I wanted to purchase steem with US dollars is it possible to pay someone through paypal and have them pay me within steemit? For a reasonable fee. Please let me know if possible and if you are willing.
Last but not least I want to mention some distressing things I have read today. I guess there is a mob mentality that can bring a persons reputation way down because he or she said one thing wrong. I won't mention names or situations because I don't want to debate and honestly I just read his defense not the original offense. It just depressed me to think such a thing could happen because I thought Steem was an accepting and welcoming community. I guess that doesn't include forgiving but I am naïve enough to think they go hand in hand.
There was also a situation I was reading about where someone was threatening to down vote and take all their followers with them, talking them into the same behavior. In this situation apparently the threatener was proven guilty of the very same behavior.
Between all that (and having all my posts completely ignored) my excitement to be here and to make friends and learn and grow and enjoy reading other peoples experiences and news is now deflated. I believe in offering solutions and not whining but I am so new and inexperienced I don't know what the solutions are. Maybe just be nice? LOL or vengeance belongs to God? "Crucify him, crucify him" never brought a blessing on those who shouted it.
Okay, that is my little rant, or two cents worth I hope it doesn't get me a rain of hate and ruin my reputation:(
Oh, grammar Nazi's please address your concerns over my writing to the Sarasota County School Board.
Thanks for reading and I would appreciate any support I can get. Thanks!