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>> Your voice is worth something
Get paid for good content.

>How is automating/pasting youtube links with zero added value either your voice or good content?

>> a community where users are rewarded for sharing their voice. It's a new kind of attention economy.

>Again, where is YOUR voice? You are adding nothing unique to the community. Zero.

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I wrote the above as a [comment](https://minnow-power.net/redirect/?user=makerhacks%230&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsteemit.com%2Fflags%2F%40themarkymark%2Fflagging-is-not-censorship%23%40makerhacks%2Fre-contentjunkie-re-themarkymark-re-contentjunkie-re-stabilowl-re-solcross-re-themarkymark-flagging-is-not-censorship-20180502t182132018z) but I believe it is worth repeating.

### For this community to survive let alone thrive, it needs unique, worthwhile content.

Not zero-effort bot/copypasta driven reward farming.

Pasting a YouTube link is NOT sharing your voice, it is not good unique content, it is not adding to the community, it is taking from it.

A YouTube link can be the *start* of valuable content. 

* What do you think about the video?
* Where was the video filmed/created/located?
* When was the video created or set?
* How do the people in the video come across?
* Does it make you feel anything?
* Has the content got some impact on you or your niche?
* What can people take away?
* Are the production values worthy of content?
* Does the music stand out?
* Is there something important that people might not realize?

All of this requires thought, effort, and your voice.

### Are you adding value or extracting it?

https://media.giphy.com/media/eEK9Hp9nAXtZDhoXbK/giphy.gif

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