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RE: Using Steemit to "Reblog" Old Content: Yes, or No?
When I was newer to the platform, I did share some of my classic content. I think there's a right and a wrong way to do it.
The key to repurposing content in any context, and especially on steem, IMO, is to create some original content around the re-posted stuff. For example, if I am sharing an album I recorded a few years ago, I can write 2-3 paragraphs talking about the experience of making the record, how the fans liked it, etc etc...
Because steem has the financial incentive of upvotes, it's important to me to see some element of original and new content in any post. Personally I avoid upvoting anything that is just a repost, even if the user posting it is the owner of the content.
I agree pretty close to completely with that.
To the degree I am going to repurpose anything here, it's mostly going to be stuff from now "dead" web sites that I plan to rewrite and polish up... and then reissue with a footnote that "an earlier version previously appeared and this-and-that web site in 2003." So whereas it may have been somewhere in the past, it's now only posted on Steemit. Which is mostly just testament to just how many dead blog sites are (not) out there...
Ah yea that makes a lot of sense! The blockchain is theoretically forever so it's like future-proofing all that content. :-)