Excellent post!
On a rather difficult topic.
Not so much because you can’t recognize the different kind of content providers, as explained in Kurt’s post, which was excellent by the way.

But because there are so many ‘grey’ sides to it.

When it comes to using language, it’s all about syntax, semantics and pragmatics.

The syntax are just words and sentences, spell-checked and nothing else. Like Kurt mentions, spewers use that. And you can use it to create unique content, search engine wise.

It takes some skills to add meaning to these words and that’s exactly what semantics is all about. I can imagine parrots being good semantic writers, as they can expain something very well to a different audience using the exact same words, phrased differently.

If that leads to taking action by the reader, even if it’s only generating ideas, then your content is pragmatic and creative. Again, by adding only one great idea in only one short sentence, I still can see parrots doing that, thus evolving into creators.

That’s why I was happy to see your remark: Every Type of Content Provider Has a Role!

As was said already: you can’t write pragmatic without first trying to write semantic. And the latter probably starts with only writing correct syntax. It’s a steep learning curve!