Maybe I'm just a glass half full type person and a little pessimistic.
I'm more referring to the type of posts that clearly used created images such as my first or second picture without a source. If you're making an #marketfriday post it's pretty clear that you're taking and using your own images. Also, if you have 100 posts about how to be a better farmer, I'm also going to assume any farm pictures you have will be your own.
Just my thoughts and opinions on how to be a better Steemian :D. I'm by no means the sheriff of Steemit.
But by not marking them, you are making them "orphan" images on the web - free for anyone to take and upload to Pixabay etc. . Steemit is fully searchable on the web.
Thank you. I used to mark them all, but, stopped when someone asked me why I was watermarking that picture. eyeroll
Oh, that's weird! There are some who think you should not add your copyright, but I don't agree. For the same reason, I resize everything to a smaller 72dpi before uploading, I never upload full size images to the web!
I don't either
Good for you. There is no need, ,because we are viewing at 72dpi! :-)
I know that, but, I do it out of habit as I may post it somewhere else
Not at all! I appreciate it.