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I wrote this, not happy it got picked up and posted here without credit. Here's the original Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comment

I wrote this, not happy it got picked up and posted here without credit. Here's the original Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/adl0jk/the_crashes_of_united_airlines_flight_585_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/adl0jk...

coryfklein 8y ago
I'm not justifying how this was linked here, but I'd recommend putting your own attribution on the original source of the content (in this case, Imgur) rather than relying on everyone to access it through the specific forum you originally posted it on. Also, Hacker News doesn't have submitter filled "descriptions" for linked pages, so there literally is no way to add attribution meta-data when posting a link.
- Admiral_C 8y ago
  More recent ones do have my username in them. I just never expected anyone outside of Reddit to read it so I didn't structure it in a way that would make that convenient.
  - coryfklein 8y ago
    Out of curiosity, does Imgur not allow you to modify the text passages in the album after you create it? If it does and I was the author, I would certainly be putting my name/username and a link to the Reddit post in there!
    - Admiral_C 8y ago
      Since I'm not logged in to Imgur when I post the albums, it allows me to modify the text only within 12 hours after posting. This annoys me a lot but I've yet to find a better platform that has all the attributes I want. (I don't want to make an account and actually upload it there because then I'm submitting it to an audience that I have no intention of engaging with and know nothing about.)
      - AnssiH 8y ago
        You don't need to make the gallery "public" just because you are logged in. The gallery will not be shared publicly unless you click the "Share to community" button - it will just be available through the URL, exactly like now. With the benefit that you can edit it afterwards.
      - LeoPanthera 8y ago
        Even if you are logged in, uploaded content isn't shown to the Imgur "community" unless you choose to "share" it.
Jolter 8y ago
To a HN reader, posting the Reddit thread would have been less useful than the imgur album, because the reader would have to click through to the album. Maybe you should edit the album and link it back to the reddit thread?
- Admiral_C 8y ago
  Can't edit the albums more than 12 hours after posting unfortunately, take it up with Imgur's website design department lol. I didn't expect these to be read off of Reddit so I didn't make that convenient (until recently).
  - hiccuphippo 8y ago
    For all the effort you put in these posts, I think it would be very much appreciated if you could (re)post it on a blogging platform like WordPress.com. Reddit/imgur content are not made to last but stuff like this definitely is.
kibwen 8y ago
To showcase the parent's impressive efforts, it looks like this is but one of a ~70 part series on airplane crashes: https://old.reddit.com/r/AdmiralCloudberg/comments/a4ckhv/plane_crash_series_archive_part_2/ https://old.reddit.com/r/AdmiralCloudberg/comments/a4ckhv/pl...
gkmcd 8y ago
For what it's worth, I recognized this as your content immediately. Thanks for your work.
smlacy 8y ago
You'd be better served hosting this content on a traditional blogging / content platform rather than imgur, IMHO. "Picked up without credit" on a platform that provides no attribution whatsoever isn't really a hill to die on.
- acqq 8y ago
  The problem is the copyrights: try for yourself to host under your own name all the pictures seen there. The anonymity allows one to present more content than a non-anonymous "normal" user would be able to use.
booleandilemma 8y ago
That’s the internet for you. http://www.picturesinboxes.com/2014/01/01/internet/ http://www.picturesinboxes.com/2014/01/01/internet/
Chris_Chambers 8y ago
How cute, he thinks he “owns” some text he shared online in 2019.
andrewflnr 8y ago
HN likes to link as closely to the original source as possible, which in this case looks like the imgur album rather than the reddit thread linking to it. It's probably not personal, just a de-noising instinct gone awry.
dang 8y ago
I've put that link at the top and mentioned your username. If there's something else we can do to credit you, let us know. I briefly changed the submission to point to that URL, but Jolter has a good point too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19394058 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19394058.

coryfklein 8y ago

I'm not justifying how this was linked here, but I'd recommend putting your own attribution on the original source of the content (in this case, Imgur) rather than relying on everyone to access it through the specific forum you originally posted it on. Also, Hacker News doesn't have submitter filled "descriptions" for linked pages, so there literally is no way to add attribution meta-data when posting a link.

Admiral_C 8y ago
More recent ones do have my username in them. I just never expected anyone outside of Reddit to read it so I didn't structure it in a way that would make that convenient.
- coryfklein 8y ago
  Out of curiosity, does Imgur not allow you to modify the text passages in the album after you create it? If it does and I was the author, I would certainly be putting my name/username and a link to the Reddit post in there!
  - Admiral_C 8y ago
    Since I'm not logged in to Imgur when I post the albums, it allows me to modify the text only within 12 hours after posting. This annoys me a lot but I've yet to find a better platform that has all the attributes I want. (I don't want to make an account and actually upload it there because then I'm submitting it to an audience that I have no intention of engaging with and know nothing about.)
    - AnssiH 8y ago
      You don't need to make the gallery "public" just because you are logged in. The gallery will not be shared publicly unless you click the "Share to community" button - it will just be available through the URL, exactly like now. With the benefit that you can edit it afterwards.
    - LeoPanthera 8y ago
      Even if you are logged in, uploaded content isn't shown to the Imgur "community" unless you choose to "share" it.

Jolter 8y ago

To a HN reader, posting the Reddit thread would have been less useful than the imgur album, because the reader would have to click through to the album. Maybe you should edit the album and link it back to the reddit thread?

Admiral_C 8y ago
Can't edit the albums more than 12 hours after posting unfortunately, take it up with Imgur's website design department lol. I didn't expect these to be read off of Reddit so I didn't make that convenient (until recently).
- hiccuphippo 8y ago
  For all the effort you put in these posts, I think it would be very much appreciated if you could (re)post it on a blogging platform like WordPress.com. Reddit/imgur content are not made to last but stuff like this definitely is.

kibwen 8y ago

To showcase the parent's impressive efforts, it looks like this is but one of a ~70 part series on airplane crashes: https://old.reddit.com/r/AdmiralCloudberg/comments/a4ckhv/plane_crash_series_archive_part_2/ https://old.reddit.com/r/AdmiralCloudberg/comments/a4ckhv/pl...

gkmcd 8y ago

For what it's worth, I recognized this as your content immediately. Thanks for your work.

smlacy 8y ago

You'd be better served hosting this content on a traditional blogging / content platform rather than imgur, IMHO. "Picked up without credit" on a platform that provides no attribution whatsoever isn't really a hill to die on.

acqq 8y ago
The problem is the copyrights: try for yourself to host under your own name all the pictures seen there. The anonymity allows one to present more content than a non-anonymous "normal" user would be able to use.

booleandilemma 8y ago

That’s the internet for you. http://www.picturesinboxes.com/2014/01/01/internet/ http://www.picturesinboxes.com/2014/01/01/internet/

Chris_Chambers 8y ago

How cute, he thinks he “owns” some text he shared online in 2019.

andrewflnr 8y ago

HN likes to link as closely to the original source as possible, which in this case looks like the imgur album rather than the reddit thread linking to it. It's probably not personal, just a de-noising instinct gone awry.

dang 8y ago

I've put that link at the top and mentioned your username. If there's something else we can do to credit you, let us know. I briefly changed the submission to point to that URL, but Jolter has a good point too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19394058 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19394058.