I have led many people in my life to the Steemit website and had them begin the sign up process but many have come back only to say they never received their confirmation e-mail.

How frustrating! They don't even get a chance! I knew it takes a while sometimes, but never heard of them not being sent at all. Hope it gets fixed.

problem was I had no reign on that passion and instantly got into an argument with someone.

Yeah, an important lesson to learn. Same here. valorforfreedom muted me after I was offended by his post. It was a review of women Steemians. I wasn't reviewed, but he said that the women here just post fluffy crap or something along those lines lol. We made peace and he unmuted me, but it was definitely a wake up call.

Thanks for sharing about your experiences! :)