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RatCreature ([personal profile] ratcreature) wrote2010-10-25 05:55 pm

fannish etiquette question

With the proliferation of Tumblr, what do you do if another fan just reblogs your pictures? I understand that one of the reasons people like Tumblr is because it is so easy to just post a bunch of pictures and video and such, but I do have a notice that I don't want my art distributed without permission, because I'd rather like traffic to come to my site than some random Tumblr or other site. (This seems to be an ongoing problem for me of late.) Am I just behind on the new fannish normal?

[identity profile] aural-stimulatn.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Most people that have a tumlbr will gladly remove it if you ask--most of us have that stipulation listed on our homepages. As far as if it's already been reblogged, unfortunately, thats just one of the breaks of posting stuff on the internet.

I can tell you, though, that lots of tumblr followers do click through to the source site if they like what they see. I did a web comic w/ a friend and we hosted it on her site and drew in 150 unique IP hits in five days--a lot of that was due to tumblr reblogs. that was the main reason I eventually started a tumblr of my own!