You make some great and valid points and I can understand both arguments. If steemit has bots checking content how come especially in photography and recipes we see posts with pictures clearly taken off the internet earning money.
I have seen so many and yes the earnings are not particularly high but detracting from the pool of money in the first place. There is a lot on steemit now which is not original thought or content and I do believe people are just posting anything to earn money which is not what this site was really about
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There has always been some of this. People that make a lot doing this eventually usually get called out. This happens a lot of places. There likely will always be some of this. There is a lot of great content that ends up on steemit too. That of course is my opinion, and you are completely justified in having a different opinion.
EDIT: I REALLY started enjoying steemit when I posted for myself rather than worrying about how much my posts make.
I use stock pictures whenever I can to avoid leaking metadata. I don't post to photography, and wouldn't unless it was my own.
Most people don't care as long as you cite your sources and don't try to claim that were done by you. Yes, there have been people that do that.
Most of the time people ignore citing sources too unless people are trying to claim it is their work. Though when in doubt cite the source... it'll potentially save you some headaches from the people helping out steemit by cleaning that stuff if they happen to see one of your posts on one of their OFF days. We're all human.
I do try to cite sources every time, even in comments.
You should be never flagged for that then. :)
I agree fully with you @ianstrat. Many people get away with posting little and we constantly work hard, but sometimes our posts are not recognized. At this stage I post as an example for my students and because I love Steemit. Somewhere things will turn again in our favor. The money is just a bonus as that is not my focus.