Glad i was not the one asking the questions here-Almost a polite war of different opinions...

Before i forget what i was about to say...EXIF data can quite easily be removed before uploading whereby it cannot be recovered by anyone...

A photographer knows when a photograph has reached the end of life as a photograph after it has been manipulated.

If they want to continue posting the image as a photograph they then perhaps should attend photography classes or simply post it for what it is-Mixed medium.

Tweaking an image is one thing but changing the whole image into something that it was not is beyond the acceptability of remaining a photograph...

Equal right's for photographer's because i will be one - one day...................