I stumbled across it because someone mentioned steemit on a comment in facebook. The way the said it was like everyone should know what it was and I didn't want to ask and look stupid, so I googled it. Then clicked on the site and when I saw I could be reward I was intrigued. I signed up and with in an hour was approved and made my first post. I made two before doing an intro post and that one did really well for me not knowing anyone at all on the platform yet. (though I did discover a few people I follow on other platforms are here, I am a little mad they didn't say something on other platforms about steemit, but I am not gonna call them out, because had they I would have been here a year ago)

I had used Mylot in the day when they rewarded users with the advertising dollars, and it was a lot like steemit in the way users choose which content deserved earnings by voting for content. But it took a lot of posts just to earn $30. For most people it took them 3 months to earn it, but I learned that if you comment more than you post you make more money on that site. And took that here, and that is what helped me rank up so fast, I was at 43 within 24 hours or so.
Though admittedly I have been busy lately and have been slacking on my comments. I am trying to do better about that as you can see.