# I've recently noticed a lot of timelines now just resteeming other people's content and not writing their own original content. 

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Source: @felixxx (thank you!)
## Are we to end up like Facebook, where links are just reposted all day long?

First off; 

*What is my Steemit resteem rate?* It's basically an indicator of your original content generation powers.

I for example have over 500 hand written posts and my resteems are currently around 10 resteems.

Therefore, 10/500 =2% Resteem rate; 

**Thus my original content generation rate is: 100% - 2% = 98%**

**Therefore 98% of my content is original content.**

For other timelines I've noticed, the opposite is true. 

They have a resteem rate of 98%!! i.e. only 2% of their work is original!

This is certainly not the type of platform we all want to build. I believe original content has been in decline due to the falling Steem price. 

Hopefully this can recover over time to encourage new authors. With the new incoming inflationary measures via the hard fork to be delivered on November 16th, this is a distinct possibility.

I also believe the resteem button is a lazy option for the newbie and the old Steemit dogs.

I tend to limit myself to 1 resteem every 1-2 days as a rule.
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Source: cutenessoverflow.com
**I believe that the resteem button should be just like the number of posts i.e.a limit of 4 resteems per day to prevent spamming and to encourage original content writing by ALL Steemers.**

Steem on my original contenters!

@mindhunter