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Lacktribution: Be Like Everyone Else - CogDogBlog - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 30 Sep 19 - Cached
  • What exactly are the issues about attributing? Why is it good to not have to attribute? Is it a severe challenge to attribute? Does it hurt? Does it call for technical or academic skills beyond reach? Does it consume great amounts of time, resources? Why, among professional designers and technologists is it such a good thing to be free of this odious chore? I can translate this typical reason to use public domain content, “I prefer to be lazy.”
  • There is a larger implication when you reuse content and choose not to attribute. Out in the flow of all other information, it more or less says to readers, “all images are free to pilfer. Just google and take them all. Be like me.”
  • It’s not about the rules of the license, it’s about maybe, maybe, operating in this mechanized place as a human, rather than a copy cat.
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  • Google search results gives more weight to pxhere.com where the image has a mighty 4 views (some of which are me) over the original image, with almost 5000 views.
  • What kind of algorithm is that? It’s one that does not favor the individual. Image search results will favor sites like Needpix, Pixsels, Pixnio, Peakpx, Nicepic, and they still favor the really slimy maxpixel which is a direct rip off of pixabay.
  • did you know that the liberating world of “use any photo you want w/o the hassle of attribution” is such a bucket of questionable slime? And that Google, with all of their algorithmic prowess, gives more favorable results to sites that lift photos than to the ones where the originals exist?
  • So yes, just reuse photos without taking all of the severe effort to give credit to the source, because “you don’t have to.” Be a copycat. Show your flag of Lacktribution. Like everyone else. I will not. I adhere to Thanktribution.
Ed Webb

Beyond Linktribution is Thanktribution - CogDogBlog - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 11 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Ed Webb on 11 Jun 11
     
    Good piece for discussion on the purpose and benefits of proper attribution/citation.
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