I found out about steemit by fluke. Crazy enough, I was actually searching for "steam power", but one typo and I found what looked like gold. Hours of research later still trying to wrap my head around how this all worked, my eyes hurting from staring into a screen, I was deadset on signing up. Approval did take a while, but now I'm here, eager to join the steem community. (And yes, it is schwa as in ə)