Well, as your username suggests, you're a writer and that typically implies that you are telling stories, not just passing along information.

For me, there has always been a type of content that is not exactly plagiarism or copying... I think of it as "regurgitation." Something has been written about 1000 times already and yet another person writes the exact same thing, only with the words and sentences in a different order. It might be considered "good" from an isolated point of view, but it doesn't add value.

Thanks for the compliment! I have always used my own images, even when they are not entirely relevant to what I am writing about... that way I never have to worry about copyrights and permissions and sourcing and all that stuff. I only use external images if they are essential to illustrating a point I am making.