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Yeah, definitely kudos for the attribution. That's great to see. > Primarily because Buzzfeed just copy-pastes content from Reddit with minimal credit. Well,
by Reedx 11y ago
Yeah, definitely kudos for the attribution. That's great to see.
> Primarily because Buzzfeed just copy-pastes content from Reddit with minimal credit.
Well, Reddit itself operates the same way. By the time it gets to Buzzfeed it's already twice removed from the original source (and Buzzfeed REALLY should find and credit where it came from). Redditors constantly take content and rehost it on Imgur sans credit. I'd really love to see Reddit make an effort to incentivize users to credit the source. Some subreddits do, which is good, but I think the site as a whole should.
It always pains me to see someone's photo, art or comic get thousands of upvotes but no link or mention of who actually created the content. Sometimes the creator will see it posted on Reddit and post a comment, but it often gets buried.
- porsupah 11y agoVery much so, although I'd perhaps argue Twitter's worse in that regard, with endless "best photos about X" bots happily swiping photos (often scraped from Reddit, sometimes even other such bots), inserting advertising into their streams, and making quite significant money off photographers' work. With Reddit users, it's done without commercial gain. (Speaking as one who's had their work lifted thusly, particularly this one, "Momentary": https://500px.com/photo/43052792/momentary-by-porsupah-ree https://500px.com/photo/43052792/momentary-by-porsupah-ree. It hurts, especially when there's not even any attribution, let alone any attempt to offer or agree on some modest fee)