I'm a self-taught dev focused on websites and Python development.
My friends call me the "Data Genie".
When I get bored, I find tech to read about, write about and build things with.
I find myself rushing through image choice so I can get my image out. So I should slow down.
I do put attention into a careful choice though.
If I go for the obvious searches like developer or code. The images are either ones I've actually seen in use before or the images are just unremarkable stock. Some are more flashy or conceptual which I like.
Somethings I go more abstract like "build" or "developing" or "tool" or "create".
I also fave the other images I see so I can use them in future.
I find horizontal images with space for text place on them work well. Putting your blog title and a React / JS icon etc. takes more effort but makes the banner unique and grabs my interest. And I'd probably be more forgiving of the use of a common image.
People choose the same layout for docs and websites and similar NPM packages because they have discovered a pattern or convention used by others that works for them too. And makes their software easy to follow because it is familiar. It is more functional than artistic choice (but you can play with images and badges and alignment in your readme to make it unique or at least not boring). When it comes to images, I guess it is just easy to choose a predictable image that is safe and people will understand and like immediately. And if they don't have the effort or skill to be more creative with an image choice they will fallback to an easy choice and move on. Maybe I've just got a memory for images and annoyance with repetition and others don't know or care about a repeated image. Or they are forgiving (how do I know if the person discovered dev.to yesterday or 5 years ago and whether they had chance to absorb what images others are "taken" by other posts). Then again, maybe someone will skip over a post that looks unoriginal in title and image. Same with any product that looks like a copycat logo and doesn't give you differentiated value in the first impression.
I don’t think you are the only one. I see it frequently myself and sometimes when I go to my own website I think about how I should change the images. I know others are using them, so I’m sure people that visit my little site see that. It sends a “this looks like another...” message to your brain, but I think it’s hard now to find images that work unless you are using vectors, which can sometimes look a little odd, especially for a professional post/site.
This is a hard one, But personally I’m trying to train myself to ignore it, probably because I am doing what everyone else is :). I’ll update my site when I get some slow time though.
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I find myself rushing through image choice so I can get my image out. So I should slow down.
I do put attention into a careful choice though.
If I go for the obvious searches like developer or code. The images are either ones I've actually seen in use before or the images are just unremarkable stock. Some are more flashy or conceptual which I like.
Somethings I go more abstract like "build" or "developing" or "tool" or "create".
I also fave the other images I see so I can use them in future.
I find horizontal images with space for text place on them work well. Putting your blog title and a React / JS icon etc. takes more effort but makes the banner unique and grabs my interest. And I'd probably be more forgiving of the use of a common image.
People choose the same layout for docs and websites and similar NPM packages because they have discovered a pattern or convention used by others that works for them too. And makes their software easy to follow because it is familiar. It is more functional than artistic choice (but you can play with images and badges and alignment in your readme to make it unique or at least not boring). When it comes to images, I guess it is just easy to choose a predictable image that is safe and people will understand and like immediately. And if they don't have the effort or skill to be more creative with an image choice they will fallback to an easy choice and move on. Maybe I've just got a memory for images and annoyance with repetition and others don't know or care about a repeated image. Or they are forgiving (how do I know if the person discovered dev.to yesterday or 5 years ago and whether they had chance to absorb what images others are "taken" by other posts). Then again, maybe someone will skip over a post that looks unoriginal in title and image. Same with any product that looks like a copycat logo and doesn't give you differentiated value in the first impression.
I don’t think you are the only one. I see it frequently myself and sometimes when I go to my own website I think about how I should change the images. I know others are using them, so I’m sure people that visit my little site see that. It sends a “this looks like another...” message to your brain, but I think it’s hard now to find images that work unless you are using vectors, which can sometimes look a little odd, especially for a professional post/site.
This is a hard one, But personally I’m trying to train myself to ignore it, probably because I am doing what everyone else is :). I’ll update my site when I get some slow time though.