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RE: The Rise of the Copy Pasta: Read First, Vote After
Great article.
I believe that steemit is a place to WRITE content but that it should also allow people to post articles written by others.
I posted about Declara.com today, which I believe is a great complement to steemit.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@sebastien/introduction-to-a-good-friend-of-steemit-declara-com
In the end, steemit will have to transform. Copy-pasted/ Curated content has to be rewarded too, less than Created content for sure. But both are needed because if you want to write good stuff, you have to read good stuff before.
I think it's mostly about being honest with the content and the rewards will be given appropriately - if you want to share content, posting the link with your opinions and response counts as OC which people will likely upvote (if it's good) and posting the link with "thought you'd all be interested" counts as sharing the content for comment and discussion, which is where the upvotes and stuff will end up.
I had this response typed up but forgot to enter it!
Thanks for the feedback, my issue is that right now a lot of people (myself included) want to reward original content, but people aren't taking the time to ensure that it is original. When people make a post that looks original , sometimes they are getting upvoted simply because people think it's original and not because its really great content. I'm totally fine with curating content from elsewhere, but I think it needs to be clear that it comes from elsewhere and not be passed off as being one's own thoughts.