Welcome to hive! I’m glad that you’re on here with us, it’s a wonderful place full of lots of great people!

I am glad that you have friends that helped get you on here! It’s important to know someone so they can help you learn the ropes. One of the most important things you need to do is spend time commenting on peoples posts! Comments are the most important thing a new user can do, it grows your audience and brings you into contact with people who can help you but also support you if they like what you are saying and doing. 

We’ve got a beginner zone, so-to-speak that has lots of important information you can learn from. I would recommend you check it out to learn some stuff about the place, lots of great information is posted there.
https://peakd.com/c/hive-109221/created

One of the things I wanted to do is give you a piece of advice that could make this place awesome for you! Talking with some of the people who have been here for a while, we remember one of the best things we did was find other people’s posts through others or go looking and start commenting meaningful things. If you drop small phrases it won’t get you much attention but if you look at a persons post and leave a great comment, a lot of times they will appreciate it and talk with you. If you continue to do this you will develop a friendship with them and will gain followers and grow your account. This is not an easy and fast process. It takes time but the more effort you put in the more you can be rewarded, with limitations of course.

I just say this in hopes you go out there and really connect with people and grow your account. The more we all do this, the more people will come here to take advantage of such a great place.

With commenting and posting, we consume what’s called ‘resource credits’ and in the beginning you don’t have a lot, you have to earn more. If you want to consistently comment and post, the website https://giftgiver.site/ does 10 day delegations for you to increase your credits to comment or post. Give it a try if you need some! Please feel free to ask me about this if you are confused!

There’s also a great article that can answer a lot of the questions you may have. Please visit it at:
https://peakd.com/hive-198524/@hivepeople/hive-for-noobs-hive-198524

Here are also some great communities of people you can check out! The list is a work in progress so please take them as suggestions but there are a **LOT** of others besides these! 

Crypto/Finance
Leo Finance
https://peakd.com/c/hive-167922/created
HODL Community
https://peakd.com/c/hive-126009/created

Natural Medicine
https://peakd.com/c/hive-120078/created

Gaming
https://peakd.com/c/hive-13323/created

DIY
https://peakd.com/c/hive-129017/created
https://peakd.com/c/hive-189641/created

General posting
OCD
https://peakd.com/c/hive-174578/created
Curie
https://peakd.com/c/hive-156768/created

LEGO
https://peakd.com/c/hive-142010/created

Art
https://peakd.com/c/hive-156509/created

Travel
https://peakd.com/c/hive-184437/created
https://peakd.com/c/hive-163772/created

Writing (poetry, free writes, stories)
https://peakd.com/c/hive-170798/created

Microsoft Excel
https://peakd.com/c/hive-102332/created

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You are welcome namesake, feel free to make alot of friends and you can always get in touch with me incase you have any difficulties 

You are welcome to the platform. Lot of great things await you if you are determined on the platform