Appreciate you sharing your thoughts! Indeed, incentivizing originality of content is essential.
However, a lot of social media does exactly what you're describing: sharing copied stuff from elsewhere 24/7. It's very common on popular websites like Facebook, X, Reddit, etc., and frankly it's a good formula for success as it's easier for people to interact with and digest. A lot of that content does have its uses, hence why the sites are so popular, so I do think it has greater value than we may attribute here on Hive.
I also think that with microblogging (Threads, Decks, etc.), we're gradually transitioning into more of this type of content, although microblogging also has plenty of opportunities for originality.
Now, should it be rewarded the same way as original content? I don't think so, and people have made great points as to why it may not warrant rewards at all, yourself included (imagine AI bots collecting tons of rewards just for reposting indefinitely!).
It'll be interesting to see where we end up in a few years. We're entering quite a crossroads!
Yeah let's see what happens. Like some people said we may see a big change with Inleo Threads and stuff, something layer 2.
Yes, I was also thinking of having Layer 2 as a possible solution!
I'll definitely be making a follow-up post to this one once the voting period expires (assuming it doesn't cut into the monthly contests, rewards, etc.).
That's the magic of talking about it. We all can come up with ideas.