I was reading @nonameslefttouse comment in response to @gric's situation.
I started to respond, but I ended up writing a pretty long comment and I feel others might find it interesting as well.
A quick catch up if you are not aware with the situation. I am personally not involved, but I know a little of what is going on.
@gric has been getting downvoted for re-using old content he previously posted. I purposely have stayed out of this, but I did read a few comments from @nonameslefttouse trying to help the situation and started to respond with the comment you see here below.
This is my comment to @nonameslefttouse but really to @gric as well.
I chose not to be involved in this, but I am know a little of what is going on.
While this doesn't directly relate to @gric's situation, my rule of thumb for using third party content some what applies here.
I have done anti-abuse on Steem & Hive for over 5 years and in that time developed my own guidelines.
Yes, I know it isn't "third party" content, but hear me out, this might take a second to explain.
Generally using third party content in posts is perfectly acceptable if it is properly sourced. There are some nuances though, and in the years of fighting abuse, I came up with a few rule of thumbs I use as my own guidance.
When using third party content (image, video, music), if this content is your post, in other words you are basically posting this content with little to no original work, sourced or not I feel this is unacceptable and I would typically flag it.
For example, say you grab someone else's meme and post it with nothing else or even just a sentence or two. I don't believe this type of content should be rewarded. Every post is eligible for rewards from a shared reward pool, so what is perfectly acceptable on Redit and other social media platforms, is not necessarily acceptable here.
Now let's say you write a fantastic post about how we just discovered the solar system is in fact surrounded by a bubble (new discovery, check it out) and you included more than one image related to it, all properly sourced. I'm perfectly ok with this, these third party images add to your post and are not the post.
Now I haven't looked into Gric's post because I haven't been flagging it and I'm not into anti-abuse anymore so I now decide how much or how little I want to get involved in these things.
If @gric reuses content he has been rewarded for in the past in a post where this content is the majority of the post with little to know original content, I would agree with downvotes. Again I don't know as I am not paying attention or getting involved.
While it is perfectly acceptable to use your own content whoever you like, Hive is a unique ecosystem where the community rewards original content with a reward pool shared by everyone. Once you have been rewarded for something, it is generally accepted you will not attempt to get rewarded for the same content again.
Now let's say I draw a picture of a banana, and I think it is fantastic. This is obviously fantasy, as I can't draw for shit. But let's say I did and I posted it and my post does really well (I make more than $0.00).
I then decide to post a year later my favorite banana bread recipe (Try it, it is damn good) and decide to include my own banana art work in this post. I have no issues with this as the post is about the banana bread recipe that on it's own is quality original content, the banana artwork just adds to the post.
On the other hand, let's say I made a post saying hey look at my banana and I posted about only my banana, I don't believe this should be rewarded. I mean I am pretty proud of my banana, I just don't believe I should be asking for rewards a second time.