Hmm.. The Hive community is small compared to most big social media sites. I have found that there is very much a sense of community here that you simply will not find in other social media sites.

For myself? I had @saffisara who helped make me feel at home when I was new. I had @dlmmqb give me advice on how things worked and even now gives me a poke when I do stupid stuff.

Many of the people here will work very hard to help a newcomer because we all know what it feels like to be new and a bit lost. I even had @gwanjberg see our thread and offer to help out if you had questions.

As far as I'm concerned you are family here and I will help in any way I can. No need for feeling awkward :D

I will admit, I'm still waiting to see what you can write as I think you'll be a great addition to the community. I may not agree with everything ;) but that's part of the fun :D

Also I wrote an article inspired by your thoughts on "second rate" or less powerful free accounts.

You can see it here

And FYI I delegated HP to your new account so you can use it regularly :)