yes the system can be frustrating and confusing at first, but once you get to know some people and make friends its fun!

Yeah I am finding it a little overwhelming myself. However I am willing to learn and at least Steemit does not sell my data. That means something to me.

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Hello welcome to steemit @orninarybird, I congratulate you for your presentation post, a lot of perseverance and for sure you will succeed, I hope you have lots of fun on the net, I already want to read your publications. God bless you from @jorge090202 from Venezuela.

Here you can check your stats. You got a 50 SP delegation from @curation which is made by @twinner.
https://steemworld.org/@ordinarybird

I'm sorry your expectations were not met. I'm sorry they weren't set properly to begin with.

Steemit is not Facebook. It uses blockchain technology so you actually own a part of something that will exist forever. You can not be censored here. As part of that ownership, there's also responsibility. With Facebook they gladly pay for all the servers and such to host your data so they can extract value from it for advertisers. Here, the costs for running the network are shared by the network. In this ecosystem, the amount of Steem Power you have determines how much of the shared collaborative commons you get to use. By that, it means you can't post a bunch of times in a row and use up more bandwidth and storage space than you fair share. This is classic skin-in-the-game type stuff to ensure some people don't monopolize available resources (the free rider problem).

It's all super complicate and difficult to figure out. It takes work and time. It's like figuring out the internet in the early 90's, and it's not fun if you're not already a technologist. I'm a technologist, and I still get frustrated with how complicated these systems are.

**But it's worth it.**

As an early adopter willing to take risks and put in effort to figure something out few other people on the planet can, you are also participating in the potential early adopter rewards. This place is different, and it does have problems. That said, comparing it to centralized systems is like comparing apples to oranges. For your own sanity, go ahead and stay away for now. When decentralized technologies become the norm and usability of blockchain-based systems improve, we'll be here for you.

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Nothing worth having comes easy. 

You weren’t restricted. Blockchain transactions come with a certain cost, and that needs to be assumed by the account holders. 

You get access to a censorship resistant, vibrant community, built on one of the most innovative technologies in the world. It actually makes sense that it’s not 100% for free 😉 

As in real life so on the blockchain: everything comes with a price tag. If you’re not willing to invest any time and not wanting to learn anything new, then you’d hardly ever move forward.

Best of luck 🤙

PS: You may want to check out this post where I explained what Ressource Credits are and how you can increase them: https://steemit.com/tutorial/@surfermarly/if-you-re-new-to-steem-then-you-may-want-to-watch-this-video-resource-credits-explained-for-beginners-abfd84abee9d6est