Welcome to Steemit caraballo. Let me know if you got any questions about Steem or anything related to it! The official FAQ can be found here and has A LOT of information https://steemit.com/faq.html - Also remember, Steemit is just ONE of the sites built that uses Steem the blockchain. We also have DTube - our very own Youtube, DSound for Soundcloud and Steepshot if you prefer Instagram like experience. I'd also like to mention ChainBB - forums, Busy - Steemit with more modern look basically, DMania for memes and Dlive for streaming just like in Twitch! You can also earn Steem by gaming now! Search for Steemgar if that's more your thing. Welcome to the blockchain! :)
Hi thanks. I would like to know more about the platform and instagram since it is a social network that I use frequently.
Hey, well Steepshot works about the same as instagram except you can't upload gifs there and your upvotes are actually worth something. The platform itself, that every app I just listed is built on is called Steem blockchain and it's pretty complicated thing for newcomer but in short:
Steem enables social media with value transfer embedded. There's no ads and your posts can't be deleted from the blockchain. So no censorship at all, no one can silence you.
There are many posts that go in depth about Steem, I think teamsteem has good introductory series, you should check him out to learn more.