RE: Punished, Broken And Forgiven

Thank you for your kind answer, my friend, and no need to apologise for the delay. I think I didn't explain myself well, so let me try again.

When I mentioned public domain and Creative Commons images, that was just general information, not a suggestion that you were doing anything wrong. Pixabay and Unsplash are great sources, and using the free images is the right way.

My real point was about how the images are credited, and that's simply common practice here on the blockchain, not a rule. For example, in your post above you do name the authors, which is great, 👍 but the links don't lead to them. The first one opens a Pixabay download page that asks the reader to sign up, and the second one, Nick Fewings, only opens the image file itself.

I know this mistake well because I made it myself when I began. If you copy the link from the photographer's name or from the image page instead, it takes the reader to the author, where the image is properly credited.

A simple line below the image makes it complete, like "Photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash," with the name hyperlinked to the author's page. Just make sure it's the right link, so it takes people directly to the photographer. Since we're profiting from their art, it's just a nice thing to do.

For AI images, something like "This image was created by me using Nano Banana, Google's Gemini AI" works well. You can take a look at my posts, that's how I do it.

I've been here about four years, and I learned these habits from people who have been on the blockchain much longer than me, so I'm simply passing on what was shared with me. I also know firsthand from serious curators that these small details make a difference, sometimes between a higher value vote, a lower one, or no vote at all.

It's only friendly advice, of course, and you're free to do it however you like. Keep up the good work!