Some people are actually nice, I just tend to have a bad memory or I would remember the name of that guy...
But let me tell you a story of my first few days on Providence:
Started with a friend on providence, he had started like a few days earlier, stayed a day or two building up at my friends base, then I set out to find us some really nice place, you know, biomes, but more importantly lime, mine, water, ....
After traveling a little bit, I ran into someone, and ofc not being afraid to approach someone if your char is like 3 days old, turned out that guy was really nice and had a base, a little far away but we made it, he borrowed me his canoe from time to time due to me not yet being able to swim. ^^
Once there, he showed me around, there were some nice places nearby that he ofc all knew, and one really hit what I was looking for, a lime pit big enough for at least one eternity, water, biomes, clay, a mining node and all in perfect position, we moved there immidiatly, was an awesome find.
He helped with locating/building the mine entrance, and a smelter and some other stuff, again, some people just are nice.
Thanks again, and sorry I forgot your name!

(I am really, really bad with names...)