Haha dude!!! You made it!!!
Welcome to steemit! the thing near your name (25) is your reputation - mine is the same as I only joined recently too!
My friends said it took a couple weeks for hers to start to go up.
It helps to post regularly, even small posts - try to write good stuff or funny what ever you feel really
We share what we like here in this community on the block chain :)
Some tips for noobies like you and me:
You should attach pictures to your posts, it helps them heaps!
pictures of nature go really well, with your thoughts... or a good quote
also get free pics from here - they are free to use (it's where I got this chicken pic)
Cool man it does look pretty cool still stumbling my way around bit hard im at work.
Yeah just follow people whos content you like
I follow useful, funny, creative, whatever has good vibes :) People follow you too and just post fairly regularly - morning, lunch and night is good even
Oh and Adam, get yourself a profile pic :) of yourself is best