A hearty hello from Las Vegas!

in #introduceyourself6 years ago

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Hello, hi, hola, and many thanks to anyone that actually reads this.

My name is Ardon and I am a 31yo from Las Vegas. I currently have 6 employees across two companies and started my first bitcoin company in 2013.

Online communities have played an important role in my life and upbringing ever since I can remember. Staying up late in middle school when the internet was still new was a mind-blowing experience. My first addiction was Everquest, which was an early hardcore MMORPG, where relationships mattered and raids were somehow conducted with 100+ people and no Ventrillo or Team Speak. I even had my first girlfriend on there. =P

I've started and developed many online communities over the years. I grew /r/startups to over 6-figure members, moderate the largest ICO subreddit (which is mostly now dead...Oof), have a fairly active Discord server, and my apparel company is community-driven through pseudonymous design ideas. I have learned online communities can be very special and it's up to its inhabitants to see the bigger picture. When we contribute toward the betterment of the group, magic happens.

I look forward to playing around with Steemit more and want to test out the live streaming functionality. These decentralized social medias are very important for the future of humanity. I hope Steemit is part of that.

Cheers to the new year! I appreciate anyone that takes time to follow me and will reciprocate. Thanks

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Hi,

This is a lovely introductory post, Thank you for taking the time to write the post and say hello to the community!

I am here to help!

I would encourage you to keep posting and comment on others users content to help make a name for yourself and to get the most out of the platform!

Feel free to comment on my content and I'll up vote your comments! Drop me a follow so you can comment a lot and get a lot of my upvotes!

I have upvoted your post!

@charitycurator :)


Welcome to Steemit @swcanon!

I wish you much success and hope you find Steemit to be as rewarding and informative as I have.

Here are some links you might find useful.
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Oh yea, I have upvoted you and followed you. Many blessings!

Welcome to Steem! We really enjoyed meeting you and decided to introduce you to some of our friends.

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We wanted to let you know, we have given you a 100% upvote, are now following you, and are introducing you to everyone we know. You can visit our post HERE.

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Welcome to Steemit! You have taken the first step in achieving many goals here at the crossroads of cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and social media. Consistent engagement is needed to progress and grow your following and influence. I am currently working on a weekly post to curate new users and providing them an introduction to the ecosystem. I have selected your post as one I will feature in an upcoming post! I explain this initiative on one of my previous post.

There are a number of great content creators on the platform to help you on your journey. I have recently ran into a great post by @roleerob that is great to get off to a great start here on the ecosystem. As I continue to expand this initiative, I continue to find great content and guides for new users such as this post from @finnian who not only includes a great step-by-step process of registering for #Steemit but also provides great security and engagement tips as well to help you on your journey. Another great user creating content for new Steemians is @paulag who is creating community backed video series on learning to navigate STEEM.

Keep your eyes out for these tips and references to help you on your journey to becoming a minnow! It is also a great idea to follow some of the great projects being built on the #STEEM blockchain. You can see these projects here. Some of these projects provide you the ability to interact and engage within the community and have the potential to provide rewards for your engagement. For example, @actifit is a fitness app that tracks your daily activity which you can post to the blockchain and earn rewards for your participation. Another interesting project is @steemmonsters which is a digital trading card game that enables you to collect and battle with the community all within the #STEEM ecosystem.

Lastly, a new initiative has just been launched by one of our top witnesses @gtg to support new users that become very active and need additional bandwidth to remain actively engaged in an effort to build enough Steem Power to grow your influence and interaction in the ecosystem. I would highly encourage you to visit his post for further instructions. I wish you the best in your future endeavors!

Hello, hi, hola ... Wha'gwaan as we say in Jamaica!

Welcome @swcanon, Happy New Year!

You are a busy guy! There is going to be some wonderful things i am sure you will find here on the blockchain. I am so glad you love the decentralized community as much as we do. Thanks so much for joining an becoming part of our community.

Scott and I wanted to help you out by getting you some tips and tricks we learned over the past few months as new Steemians. You can view that post HERE

Also check out this Discord Server for new Steemians.

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Welcome to Steem swcanon! Partiko is officially the fastest and most popular mobile app for Steem. Unlike other Steem apps, we take 0% cut of your earnings! You can also be rewarded with Partiko Points while using Partiko and exchange Partiko Points for upvotes!

Partiko for Android can be downloaded here on Google Play and the iOS version is available here on the App Store.

If you have more questions, feel free to join our Discord channel and ask @crypto.talk, we're always here to help!

Thank you so much for your interest!

Welcome to the Steem community. I mentioned you in a comment I wrote for the following post: https://steemit.com/community/@sndbox/introducing-newcomers-with-welcome-wednesdays-steemonboarding-contest-5

Hope it gives you some more exposure as you interact with the Steem community.