RE: Steemit and Community Building: The Return to General ”Life" Blogging
I found your little walk through blogging history to be interesting, and I do remember those parts of history myself! And to be honest, I really agree with you on your take when it comes to make any blog post somehow personal. As I have been active in several communities on Steemit, one of the easiest way to get bored is when someone share general information on a topic. I write quite a lot about movies and TV series, and whenever someone post a review or something without any hint of personal element, I just fall asleep. I can find general information on Wikipedia, but when I read, I want to hear, see, and feel the thoughts and the opinion of the author!
By the way, I really find the way you use your own images and the way you write really refreshing!! :))
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.