I gave the reference above in reply to your question. It's been lots of lessons for me... In my view, it's best just to steem on focusing, not on the whales, but posting as good of original material as you can, always remembering to post a source of any pic you use even if it's your own (as in my case started the whole thing), and stay focused on making the best of steem; while trying your best to take a breather to reflect whenever you find emotions starting to get the best of you. if I were in your shoes with still a decent rep., that's what I would tell myself.
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Posting a source of photos should not be required. I disagree with that. Because source citations may or may not be imitable in a court of law which is where copyright claims are supposed to be handled in. And some photos may be protected under fair use. This topic is rather deep and complex. I can say more. But you have to get back to the root of the laws of the countries you are in. Beyond that, Steemit should not really have laws like that. Steemit is mostly concerned with supply & demand which can be a manner of opinion. Relativity blinds us from objectivity. So, there is no way to be objective about what a quality post is on Steemit if you are blinded by relativity, subjectivity, and we usually are as humans. Citating the source of a photo doesn't terminate a copyright if there were one on a photo. Saying you stole a photo doesn't undo the fact that you stole the photo, assuming you did. When you copy and paste a photo, & include a link of where the photo comes from online, you are not automatically giving yourself the right to share the photo if the owner of the photo doesn't want the photo shared on other websites. But that is only on the assumption that the photo is protected by law which is a debate. My argument is that a lot of things are not protected, not actually copyrighted, patented, protected, & are fair game. But then again, I still would need to say more about the debate.