While I generally agree, there is some "artistry" in making prompts that work and figuring out all of the tricks to get better results. My own prompts have gotten a lot more interesting with custom checkpoint merging and dynamic and region prompting; these all took time to learn. I think posting the prompt/sources should be optional and people should request it if they want it, perhaps in a private message.
I understand that "AI prompter" is becoming a job for some people at some companies and I can now start to see why. As you try to generate more realistic and interesting images, you have to know more about how stable diffusion and the many extensions work. It goes pretty deep—I feel like I am only scratching the surface.
And so we have the part I was worried about. This is becoming a “my secret formula” instead of sharing and helping others get better and share in the interest of creation. Personally I disagree with you on the premise that we should be helping others get better. Just sharing the prompts and the model used isn’t the ticket to the kingdom, but it does help people start to shape their own prompts.
For instance, using less iterations (15) sometimes gets a better result than using more (50). Didn’t know this until I saw someone who shared their experience. But that doesn’t give me the secret to make exactly the same images as them.