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<div class="phishy"><center><h1>Welcome To Steemit</h1></center></div><center>https://steemitimages.com/500x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmYqgPNVGYPP4qo3bf3qErZJWcVrrQjvvaRiadf5ehUwji/Shastaleaves.jpg</center><center><sup>Shasta, my little girl, my picture</sup></center>

<h3>Welcome</h3>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Steemit is many things to many different people, one thing all those different types of people have in common when they come to steemit, is learning and finding help or a place to start. I hope that this post will give you some help and some starting points for what you are interested in. After almost one year on steemit, I still find myself needing help, and occasional at a  loss as to where to turn for help. When we know something, we just have a tendency to think that everyone knows it or it is common knowledge, so yes I still get lost and confused at times on steemit, and likely will for the foreseeable future. August 1st will be my one year, so you can see you that I myself am still learning.

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<h3>Transitioning</h3>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Transitioning to steemit if not careful can come at a cost. @steemcleaners is a group of steemians that look after plagiarism issues and spam abuse issues. You should familiarize yourself with them and what they do for the community. If you have websites that you have your own content on and may repost over here you should visit this link http://steemcleaners.com/reports/new and the `Content/Identity Verification` link. Looking over the entire form would be a good idea so that if you have any issues with abuse you will know how to handle it. The form link can be found at the bottom of all @steemcleaners post. 

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; @cheetah bot is a part of @steemcleaners, it will alert you that they have found something iffy about you post. It will give a small upvote and is not an accusation of any wrong doing on it's initial comment. A member of @steemcleaners will come by and look and let you know via a really bi downvote if you screwed up. If you use any images in your post, (like I did with my little girl Shasta), make sure you provide a source to the photo and that you do have legal right to sue it. If you use only your pictures no problem, so you would think, but it is still a good practice to state it is your picture, especially if it is posted somewhere else on the internet with a different name than you have on steemit.

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<h3>Finding a place</h3>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Below you will find a list of people/groups that support the topic listed. many of them have specific tags, and many are just individuals or groups that help in the topic. I do not travel in a wide circle so the list is pretty limited.<p>

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<b>Photography</b>
1. @photocircle #photocircle
2. @juliank / @photocontests various tags
3. @kus-knee #mundaneart
4. @photofeed #photofeed
5. @old-guy-photos #treetuesday
6. @melinda010100 #shadowphoto
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<b>Help groups</b>
1. @newbieresteemday #newbieresteemday
2. @asapers #aspers
3. @minnowsupport #minnowsupport
4. @welcomewagon #welcomewagon
(Many of these groups have a discord chatroom associated with them)
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<b>Writing</b>
1. @thewritersblock #thewritersblock
2. @rhondak (thewritersblock lead)
3. @steemmonsters #steemmonsters
4. @michelle.gent #story-mentor
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<b>Games/Contest</b>
1. @newbiegames #newbiegames
2. @IFC #ifc
3. @apolymask #IFC
4. @steemmonsters #steemmonsters
5. @swolesome #life Dust And Shadows game
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; As you can see, I like to take pictures, I like to try and help, I am trying to learn to write, and I like to play games. That is just four small areas of steemit. 

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; For the super smart or the people very interested in the Sciences, I would be remiss in not mentioning @steemstem. They are <b>THE</b> goto group for a - - `Community Project to Promote Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Postings on Steemit` - -  If you want to know anything, I am sure there is someone over there that could answer just about any scientific question you have. What is really cool about them....they are <i>people</i> just like you and me. 

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I am a @newbieresteemday member at large, (meaning I do not really have a role, and I am a strong supporter of the initiative). Every Sunday I make my newbieresteemday post. This post will be linked in it on Sunday. <a href="https://steemit.com/justbecause/@bashadow/my-steemit-newbie-resteem-post-week-28">My Steemit Newbie Resteem Post - Week 28</a>, has several very important links and some useful information:

1. <a href="https://steemworld.org">Steemworld.org</a><sup>1</sup>
2. @dustsweeper<sup>1</sup>
3. @quarantine<sup>2</sup>
These links are explained in previous postings. They are, suffice it to say very important.

<h3>The Sad Links</h3>
1. <a href="https://steemit.com/security/@steemcleaners/phishing-attacks-and-recovery">Phishing: Attacks and Recovery</a> This post was created by @steemcleaners post.
2. <a href="https://steemit.com/mapsters/@simplymike/got-hacked-here-s-how-to-get-your-account-and-reputation-score-back">Got Hacked? Here's How To Get Your Account And Reputation Score Back!</a>The process as uncovered by a victim, (easier to read/understand in my opinion than the one above). It is a shame that this happens, but it does, Both these post should be read by all new users, when it happens to you then it may click that there is help available. 

If you need help just ask. I will try to help, or find someone to point you at that might be able to help. 


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