@farq I am also new, but the thinking is that we are here for the long-term, so just collecting SteemPower and not worrying about cashing out or whatever.

Steem is a great community, based on blockchain and cryptocurrency - blogging platform, reddit + cryptocurrency - what more can you ask? :)

Pretty sure that over time everything will become clearer and at beginning it's not just all that important..

Should focus instead on learning the platform, not getting too overfocused on rewards, financials ... because that's not the primary drive.

You are not going to be part of community only because of rewards, drive should be somewhere else, no? :)