It is important that as users of this platform, we understand the Content protocol in Steemit, with an emphasis on publishing plagiarism-free, original, creative and quality content and in the case of presenting content from another author to place the source, complying with the rules established in the platform. Therefore, it is essential to know the following aspects:

**What is Plagiarism?**

Plagiarism is taking as one's own and without permission either an image, graphic, music or information from an author by paraphrasing his words or taking an image without due mention, passing it off as one's own, an example is doing a job in which you put your time and dedication, so that later your idea is copied by someone else changing the text or putting it exactly the same as if it were his own. Not nice, right? Plagiarism is closely linked to theft, and as such includes consequences such as dismissal of copied work, censorship, expulsion from a group, earning absolutely nothing.

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Today with such advanced technology we can find on the Internet an extensive range of web pages to choose between images with Creative Commons license or without copyright that help us to produce content and of course we must mention its source. Some of the pages that have banks of images or photographs free or without copyright are these: [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/es/) [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/es-es/) [Unplash](https://unsplash.com/) [Morguefile](https://morguefile.com/), among many more.

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We can also help ourselves with applications that provide some free-use formats such as [Canva](https://www.canva.com/) , [PicsArt](https://picsart.com/) , among others, that help to create with our own photographs a wide variety of valuable images that can be of help to generate unique and quality content. We just have to be aware that from our infinite imagination and with the help of digital tools that are at hand today, we can create many interesting content for anyone who needs it.

--- ***How do you prevent plagiarism?***

Citing the source from which the information or image was extracted is a good start, with this we are avoiding plagiarism and adding value to our publication. It is preferable to use your own photographs to create our content or images from the internet without copyright, placing the source from which it was extracted. Create original, unique content (that is your creation), a new and fresh idea that adds value to what you want to transmit, for this we can help ourselves with reading, which is the one that mainly broadens and enriches our mind with knowledge. In the case of needing an image or information from others, we must give credit to the author by placing its source in such a way that when clicking it directs us to the site where the original information or image is located.

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This is an example of how to cite the source of information taken from an author, placing the text in quotation marks and mentioning the author plus its source that will take us directly to the original page where it came from. information extracted.

> Plagiarism is: "To substantially copy other people's works, giving them as their own" (Royal Academy of the Spanish Language) _ ^{[Source](http://umd.uniminuto.edu/documents/702814/0/Para+la+p%C3%A1gina+FRAPLA+(Plagiarism).pdf/37527013-9ac9-410d-8f87-fb366bddce2f?version=1.0)} _ > "Good design is good business." Thomas Watson Jr. _ ^{[Source](https://es.livingorganicnews.com/el-buen-diseo-es-un-buen-negocio-820997)}_ ***Thank you very much for your attention, hoping that my information will serve you well and that it is well prepared.*** **"I have read and understood the Steemit Etiquette on Steemit Community and will do my best to embrace them."**