I'm not really trying to come off like I'm on a high horse when it comes to things like this, but as a photographer your reasoning is almost as disappointing to me as seeing a post like this in the first place. I saw in my statistics that you had visited my journal, and I linked over to yours and I was about to add you because you seem really interesting, until I saw this post.
There is a lot of wonderful imagery floating out there on the internet that is fascinating and deserves display, but it truly saddens me that so many people so easily opt out of taking the effort to find out who created it before they repost it. I especially hate sites like Tumbler that make it so easy to perpetuate that cycle.
Your statement "I didn't find it necessary to spend a lengthy amount of time researching to do so" is one of the main reasons I have to put watermarks on my images now (a process I really wish I didn't have to do), because lots of people like you don't find it necessary. Its sad, I want to share what I do with others, I'm not even necessarily trying to make a buck off of everything I create, but I want people to know I did it.
I'm not trying to say you are a bad person or anything, but imagine for a moment you were a photographer, and your creation pops up uncredited on some blog. Maybe someone who saw it wanted to see more of your work and connect with you, but the person who posted it didn't find it necessary to look into who created it. Sure life goes on, but it sucks for the artist. You may not think it matters in the scheme of things, but I do.
Anyhow you can dismiss this comment if you want, but I think it's an important issue in the digital age. Because art is now easier to spread, do we value it less?
There is a lot of wonderful imagery floating out there on the internet that is fascinating and deserves display, but it truly saddens me that so many people so easily opt out of taking the effort to find out who created it before they repost it. I especially hate sites like Tumbler that make it so easy to perpetuate that cycle.
Your statement "I didn't find it necessary to spend a lengthy amount of time researching to do so" is one of the main reasons I have to put watermarks on my images now (a process I really wish I didn't have to do), because lots of people like you don't find it necessary. Its sad, I want to share what I do with others, I'm not even necessarily trying to make a buck off of everything I create, but I want people to know I did it.
I'm not trying to say you are a bad person or anything, but imagine for a moment you were a photographer, and your creation pops up uncredited on some blog. Maybe someone who saw it wanted to see more of your work and connect with you, but the person who posted it didn't find it necessary to look into who created it. Sure life goes on, but it sucks for the artist. You may not think it matters in the scheme of things, but I do.
Anyhow you can dismiss this comment if you want, but I think it's an important issue in the digital age. Because art is now easier to spread, do we value it less?
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