Soooooo, new to SteemIt, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain (other than a bit of reading)
Saw a Wired article on Steem via Digg[1], and after determining it wasn't like STEAM (which some of my kids are into), I still decided to join. I don't expect to make a lot of money - none, really - but the concept of blockchain has intrigued me for a while, as has the kind of micro-$ market which pokes its head up on the internet on occasion. In deciding to join, I figured SteemIt would be similar to Google Maps (which pays you for reviews by meaningless status-thingies) or Facebook (which earns money off of any content I create and like I 'earn', and a bit similar to Google Survey, which regularly pays me about $0.10 for me telling them my household income (and they ask often enough they know it to the nearest $100 :-) and other tidbits.
I'm by nature skeptical, and this is no different, but SteemIt seems well thought out. We'll see if Julian Assange joins :). I have no particular desire to remain anonymous, but I don't want the association to be made too easily, and I definitely don't want anything I say to be associated on Social Media with my work life, as I try to keep it separate. But, Wigbold is really a part of my
identity - second middle name -, and I do use it in some other contexts (even Pokemon Go) ;-). And, to prove I am not a bot, here's a poor picture of me holding a handwritten sign. (People still do this outside of a thing to shame scammers?)
