Why Aggregator Accounts Blur Credit
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Aggregator accounts, built specifically around collecting and reposting content from many different sources, often blur credit simply through volume, since crediting each individual piece thoroughly becomes harder to maintain consistently as the posting pace increases. Posting dozens of pieces a day leaves very little room for the careful sourcing each one would deserve alone.
Even well intentioned aggregators can end up flattening credit over time, using a generic tag or a brief mention that technically references a source without giving that source the kind of visibility a more considered, individual post might have offered instead. A viewer following such an account rarely learns much at all about who actually made any given piece.
Following an aggregator account can still be useful for discovering new creators, but it is worth treating any credit given there as a starting point for further verification, rather than assuming it always reflects the fullest picture of where the content actually came from. Treating an aggregator as a discovery tool, rather than a reliable source of credit, keeps expectations realistic.