Greetings denmarkguy. I am a first time blogger, well, lets be honest here, I have yet to blog! I dabbled in Facebook back in and around 2007 or so. I was turned off very early, although re-engaging with some high school friends was fun for a time, I found it far too distracting from my work at the time. I was heavily into video and film then, and when I turned on my computer I wanted to edit. No twitter either. So yes very little social media, although I did spend some considerable time on comment sections of major news outlets here in Canada.
I found Steemit back in the spring of 2017 while I was busy learning some code, HTML, CSS stuff, Bootstrap was a big help. I am a natural researcher, inquisitive and curious but I forgot about Steemit as I worked on a web page I was never happy with. Turns out my coding skills are not that good! I think I found Steemit on youtube.
For the most part when I turn on my mac I want to work. I use a variety of software, none at any sort of expert level but I learn what I need to learn and loose myself in the process. I have not shared any of my work for years, excepting some close friends and family.
Steemit has the potential to simplify, to streamline my ambitions and interests.
Thank you for this post and the opportunity to comment. (any writing I do at this point is a success!)
Well, I hope you decide to start blogging one of these days @blackant; I'm sure you will when the time feels right to you.
Although I don't use it that much in the "social media" sense, I have little against Facebook purely as a way to keep in touch with family and friends in "meatspace" and as a message system and photo sharing utility. In a sense, that's almost the opposite end of the scale from how I perceive Steemit.
I have heard many say that Steemit is a great place for developers and coders; sounds like you've seen some of that, yourself.