Is Steemit actually a social media network, or is it just a blogging platform? I see many people complaining "this guy is submitting content that isn't his own!". Well, that's how other social media sites like reddit or stumbleupon work. What is stumbleupon without external content? As far as I'm aware this site is not just for blogs. Well, as far as I know, on other social media sites it's not illegal to submit external content.

On the site at the moment we only have one submit option "Submit a Story" i.e. submit text. Maybe the developers want to keep it that way, but wouldn't a "Submit a Link" option be pretty valuable? That way users get credit for their find/submission, the original creator gets views and credits, it's win win. Surely we can't just ban people from submitting external content. I think the site would be poor without external content.

i suggest you to learn about cheetah bot of steemit before start steeming read this article about cheetah bot:https://steemit.com/steemitabuse/@cheetah/cheetah-bot-explained

Happy steeming.