Hey there and welcome to steemit!

I really like your mindset and wish you all the best here on Steemit and i also understood your april fools joke. Good words man! :)

Sorry i need to say that, but chances are that none of the repliers was reading your story. Especially talking about oatmeal and brittandjosie. They do post alot Copy and Paste Comments to get attention and you find them everywhere. But dont worry. Many real and awesome People stick around here. You just need to give them some time to discover. ;)

If you ever want to find out if a Post in your introduceyourself (this tag gets spammed a lot) is a real comment, just click on the profile of the replyer and visit their comments. Then you really know what they are up to. ;)

When you see something you really dont like, there is a little flag button for downvoting. Content with downvotes is likely to been hidden. Also the Poster loses reputation. If he gets many flags he will become invisible.
You will find out more here: https://steemit.com/steemit/@onceuponatime/flagging-etiquette-and-practice

I hope this helps. Have a nice day^^