Hey everyone,
I felt like writing about the constant reposting of icons from livejournal, because I have become a very active lj user in the past months and I know of many lj people who are annoyed as hell to see their icons posted here.
First of all I'd like to say that I did it too. Yes, I took icons that were posted on livejournal and posted them here with credit.
Now you might say: Okay, but if people credit them, why is there a problem? It's not as if the lj people own the original pictures they icon.
This is of course true, but I think it is more about respect and being polite.
Imagine you are someone who loves to make icons and spends a long time creating them. You post them to livejournal and you are happy. Then some day you see that all of them are on fanpop - amongst thousands of other icons.
Or you are someone like me, who posts icons to livejournal and then go to bed because you are tired, and the next day when you want to post your icons to fanpop too, of course they have already been posted by someone else.
It doesn't piss me off very much, because I'm used to it and I obviously don't mind if my icons are on fanpop or I wouldn't have planned to post them there.
But have you ever thought about the lj people? Most of the graphic makers I know say something like:" Why are my icons posted there? If I wanted them there I would have posted them there myself. :S"
And now something to think about.
Why do you post icons made by livejournal users on fanpop?
Is it because you thought they were all so great and you really want to share them or is it more because you want one of these oh-so-great-medals?
If it is because you want a medal, that's really sad. And I've done absolutely the same, medal-obssessed and not thinking about wether the makers of the icons actually wanted me to repost them here.
I'm not proud that I did that.
If you repost icons because you think they are great and want to show them to other fanpop users - why don't you simply ask the maker if you can repost them here?
It takes a minute to ask but it shows great respect and is in my opinion just the right thing to do.
I know, they posted their icons on the internet and once they do that, they have to face the fact that they'll be posted on other places too.
But put yourself in their position. Do you want to see your stuff posted everywhere without a single person asking?
IF they say no but you think their icons are so great that other fanpop users should see them you can still put a link to their icons here, right? ;)
I have also read about Images on the fanpop-about page, because I was interested in what the F4 have in mind.
Image Gallery
We found that it was painful looking for good images for our favorite topics. Whenever we went to a wallpaper site it was always plastered with ads and we were inundated with popup ads. We also noticed that fans loved to make fan art and icons to express themselves but had nowhere to really share them. So we decided to create a safe and simple way for fans to share all their photos, icons, wallpapers and fan art in one place. Now you can show off all of your creations with other fans in our galleries and easily find images of your favorite things in a nice organized way.
I think they wanted us to post promo pictures of TV shows, photoshoots of stars and our own creations, but seriously...with everyone posting so many livejournal icons, our own creations simply get lost amongst them, which is really sad.:/
Posting icons on livejournal is really organised so why would we feel the need to post them here if they aren't even our own creations?
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think many people do it because of medals, which I would then call: "The disrespectful reposting of other people's work in order to get a small green,yellow or red dot."
I felt like writing about the constant reposting of icons from livejournal, because I have become a very active lj user in the past months and I know of many lj people who are annoyed as hell to see their icons posted here.
First of all I'd like to say that I did it too. Yes, I took icons that were posted on livejournal and posted them here with credit.
Now you might say: Okay, but if people credit them, why is there a problem? It's not as if the lj people own the original pictures they icon.
This is of course true, but I think it is more about respect and being polite.
Imagine you are someone who loves to make icons and spends a long time creating them. You post them to livejournal and you are happy. Then some day you see that all of them are on fanpop - amongst thousands of other icons.
Or you are someone like me, who posts icons to livejournal and then go to bed because you are tired, and the next day when you want to post your icons to fanpop too, of course they have already been posted by someone else.
It doesn't piss me off very much, because I'm used to it and I obviously don't mind if my icons are on fanpop or I wouldn't have planned to post them there.
But have you ever thought about the lj people? Most of the graphic makers I know say something like:" Why are my icons posted there? If I wanted them there I would have posted them there myself. :S"
And now something to think about.
Why do you post icons made by livejournal users on fanpop?
Is it because you thought they were all so great and you really want to share them or is it more because you want one of these oh-so-great-medals?
If it is because you want a medal, that's really sad. And I've done absolutely the same, medal-obssessed and not thinking about wether the makers of the icons actually wanted me to repost them here.
I'm not proud that I did that.
If you repost icons because you think they are great and want to show them to other fanpop users - why don't you simply ask the maker if you can repost them here?
It takes a minute to ask but it shows great respect and is in my opinion just the right thing to do.
I know, they posted their icons on the internet and once they do that, they have to face the fact that they'll be posted on other places too.
But put yourself in their position. Do you want to see your stuff posted everywhere without a single person asking?
IF they say no but you think their icons are so great that other fanpop users should see them you can still put a link to their icons here, right? ;)
I have also read about Images on the fanpop-about page, because I was interested in what the F4 have in mind.
Image Gallery
We found that it was painful looking for good images for our favorite topics. Whenever we went to a wallpaper site it was always plastered with ads and we were inundated with popup ads. We also noticed that fans loved to make fan art and icons to express themselves but had nowhere to really share them. So we decided to create a safe and simple way for fans to share all their photos, icons, wallpapers and fan art in one place. Now you can show off all of your creations with other fans in our galleries and easily find images of your favorite things in a nice organized way.
I think they wanted us to post promo pictures of TV shows, photoshoots of stars and our own creations, but seriously...with everyone posting so many livejournal icons, our own creations simply get lost amongst them, which is really sad.:/
Posting icons on livejournal is really organised so why would we feel the need to post them here if they aren't even our own creations?
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think many people do it because of medals, which I would then call: "The disrespectful reposting of other people's work in order to get a small green,yellow or red dot."
I am not here to lecture you yet again on photo crediting. I am done with that.
I am way past the lecturing and into downright grrrrrr-ville.
You already know full well that taking something you did not create and not giving full credit to the owner is theft. Your excuses mostly boil down to laziness at this point.
So.
This is my public notice that any and all images with no credit to the original owner of the image will be rated harshly no matter how great the picture is... or how much I normally like you.
Additionally, if there is a blatant Copyright notice right there on the damn picture and you still failed to credit the owner, I'm reporting it to Fanpop -and- notifying the owner of the image that you stole it.
Enough is enough.
I am way past the lecturing and into downright grrrrrr-ville.
You already know full well that taking something you did not create and not giving full credit to the owner is theft. Your excuses mostly boil down to laziness at this point.
So.
This is my public notice that any and all images with no credit to the original owner of the image will be rated harshly no matter how great the picture is... or how much I normally like you.
Additionally, if there is a blatant Copyright notice right there on the damn picture and you still failed to credit the owner, I'm reporting it to Fanpop -and- notifying the owner of the image that you stole it.
Enough is enough.
here are some motto's that i have either made or have gotten from things i've seen!
Anyone who's never made a mistake has never tried anything new! - Albert.A. Einstein
Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn. Then always be a unicorn!
Always be you, because eevryone else is taken - Anonymous
ill post more when i find more!!!
these are for eeryone to use so feel free to put them up, but plz put my username with them cuz i wanna get some credit for it plz!
im need to make this longer so heres some random stufff
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Anyone who's never made a mistake has never tried anything new! - Albert.A. Einstein
Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn. Then always be a unicorn!
Always be you, because eevryone else is taken - Anonymous
ill post more when i find more!!!
these are for eeryone to use so feel free to put them up, but plz put my username with them cuz i wanna get some credit for it plz!
im need to make this longer so heres some random stufff
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A few minutes ago I thought of a partial answer to the recent outbreak of internet trolls we've had over the last few moths.
Ladies and Gentlepoppers, I introduce to you:
The ATSOF (The Anti Troll Squad Of Fanpop)
This will be a society of fanpoppers who work together to justly rate any content which has (without reason) been rated low.
My plan is to make an ATSOF Spot; if a spot or particular piece of content has been rated low you can alert the ATSOF spot about this and some of the "fans" of the spot will head over to the content and rate the content fairly, therefore boosting the rating.
Please tell me what you think; I don't want to create a Ghost-Spot-to-be
Ladies and Gentlepoppers, I introduce to you:
The ATSOF (The Anti Troll Squad Of Fanpop)
This will be a society of fanpoppers who work together to justly rate any content which has (without reason) been rated low.
My plan is to make an ATSOF Spot; if a spot or particular piece of content has been rated low you can alert the ATSOF spot about this and some of the "fans" of the spot will head over to the content and rate the content fairly, therefore boosting the rating.
Please tell me what you think; I don't want to create a Ghost-Spot-to-be
If we make a new spot we want to make it popular. Recently I made a new spot so when I wanted to send a message to all my friends about it I got tired of typing individual messages so I quit. So we should be able to send one message to all our friends at the same time if necessary. Also there should be an area that says "new spots" on the home page so that people can see what has been recently created and if they want to join the particular spot. It would really make the people who created the spots happy because they could get some good publicity.
By the way I made a new spot about Kal Penn, the indian guy from the van wilder movies, Harold and Kumar go to white castle, and Epic Movie.
So if u like those movies check it out. all you have to do is type "Kal Penn" in the search engine" (obviously, I know)
Also this soapbox was ment for the fanpop spot
By the way I made a new spot about Kal Penn, the indian guy from the van wilder movies, Harold and Kumar go to white castle, and Epic Movie.
So if u like those movies check it out. all you have to do is type "Kal Penn" in the search engine" (obviously, I know)
Also this soapbox was ment for the fanpop spot
Hello to everyone,
my name is Inès, and I'm French.
As a lot of you know, Paris has been attacked yesterday by terrorists. The concert hall "Le Bataclan" has been attacked during a concert.
128 dead and more than 200 wounded are for now counted. This is a tragedy.
I was born and I've lived in Paris, and I often go there and to the Bataclan to attend concerts, and seeing this, is just awful. The whole country is shocked and desperate.
3 national days of mourning have been declared.
I invite you to leave a few words, thoughts for the victims of this disaster.
Thank you <3
my name is Inès, and I'm French.
As a lot of you know, Paris has been attacked yesterday by terrorists. The concert hall "Le Bataclan" has been attacked during a concert.
128 dead and more than 200 wounded are for now counted. This is a tragedy.
I was born and I've lived in Paris, and I often go there and to the Bataclan to attend concerts, and seeing this, is just awful. The whole country is shocked and desperate.
3 national days of mourning have been declared.
I invite you to leave a few words, thoughts for the victims of this disaster.
Thank you <3