Do you remember the first person you met on SteemIt?

Who welcomed you? or answered your question or gave you encouragement?

I can't remember who if anyone greeted me on the first day, about somewhere around a week of wondering if my posts were even visible, I received a helpful comment from @gardenlady. She was welcoming and friendly and even bold enough to provide some suggestions. I don't remember what she said, just that someone said something!

I know for a while the scammer factor and the amount of Spam, made me almost suspicious of new users. I never go to "New" anymore and I am unlikely to start going there again.

However, if I do see a question or a request I try to be friendly, and I engage with anyone who makes a reasonable comment on my post. By reasonable, I mean do I understand what they are saying, and does it sound like they read the post. :)

I was reading some of the projects on the Trending page, and I noticed someone is launching some sort of Bitshares/Steem cross on Bitshares. A quick glance at their marketing showed zero discussion of "Quality Content" and instead had a friendlier message of "Post what you want".

While I find it unlikely people are going to flock to Bitshares at this point, I was envious of a friendly message.

I don't mind that we don't rain money on the new-users, but I also think we could be more friendly and helpful.

What do you think? Does the Steem Community come off as friendly or inviting?

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