Hello @stow01! This is @traciyork from the @ocd (Original Content Decentralized) curation team. We noticed you shared your first post here on Hive and introduced yourself to the community - congratulations and welcome!

(I feel like I should take a screenshot of this message, dress it up with some doodles, and use that as my reply instead so I can somewhat live up to the awesomeness of your illustrated post! 😊 )

Speaking of community, we have many different ones here on the blockchain, devoted to all kinds of interests. Here's a link so you can check them all out - Hive Communities. I see you already found OnChainArt, and you might like the Sketchbook community as well.

Also, as Hive can sometimes be quite confusing, the newly launched Newbies Guide should be helpful to you, as it is a growing repository of useful and easy to understand posts about how the Hive ecosystem works. For instance, there's a post in the collection called 3 things Newbies should do in their first week on Hive that you might find helpful.

Please be aware that Hive is a bit different from other social media platforms since you are monetizing your blog, so it is important not to include content that you don't own without sources (and it shouldn't exceed 50% of the post). For more information, check this post - Why and How People Abuse and Plagiarise by hivewatchers.

I'm sure @fermionico will continue to help you as you begin your Hive journey, but if you have any questions, feel free to hop into the OCD Discord server and we'll do our best to answer them, and again welcome to Hive!

Oh actually, one last thing since there's been discussion in your comment section about scammers and account ownership - if you add the word "Hive" to your IG bio, and tag me to say that it's there, I'll get your profile validated. Hopefully that way you won't have any issues going forward. 😊