Hi Hive account@ethandsmith what a kind, considered and worthy reply. I really appreciate it and the pointers you have given.

I will definitely engage with Hive account@thesteemengine and take a look at @ShadowsPub

I’m not sure what a #discord server means, but hope to learn. I’m not ready to give up, especially not when I find a community such as you’re engaged with & posts like you’ve written! Very well timed, thank you.

And I found you by doing a #tag search to find posts which could help. Given I know a bit about the #promo-steem tag & have been observing the #steem-ambassadors I was actually seeking to see the value of them to the community / platform beyond a financial #upvote chase. I’m still not convinced I found enough evidence to validate great / valuable content curation through the latter. I’m not convinced there’s not empire building more than message value in either yet.

I hope I am wrong in the long term, as I believe in the potential here.

Thank you again did this post & your valuable reply. I will be sure to follow.

Kindest DJ