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Some people are lacking originality (that includes me, lol)

Hahahaha that coins with plants are so popular.
I don't mind it much inside a post, but I do not like them as the cover, with no editing at all

That's true though. And now, Eric's AI images are also being used again and again by some people

Yeah, again, inside the post I don't mind that much, but at least put some effort on the cover and creating your own identity.
It's funny, some times I'm like "didn't I vote this post already?"

That's true. Some dump whatever they want without considering the general impact on their content. It kind of shows one's personality.

Like you, I often say, "damn, didn't he/she already use this a million times already?"

It also is a down side of using only free stock images. They are just a handful so people ends up using the same ones. Now with free AI, just by stating it is AI generated, people could create nice covers too.

Another truth. I think it's a matter of how we utilize what's available to us and at least add our own personality to it.

I just like creating my own templates and using them for a while with some element that varies, and then create another one, like my posts have seasons haha

And that is being creative, making things your own :)