Crediting on forums. Originally or not originally , thats the question !

Howdy!

Well, if you are a member of any forum where pictures are being posted you definitely know or heard about such a thing like giving a credit /crediting.

Usually, people give credit to those posters or /and forums where they got pictures/vids/info from. They say a must credit thing is scans - logically so, scanners are people who I also believe must be credited in the first place.

I myself is one of the active contributors ( I literally take hours of my personal time to search for new pictures on the internet) and I also scan as well as cap videos so I understand only too good when someone says 'they took pictures I found and didnt credit me'. Most people are bothered not just or not only because their scans were cropped or resized by someone somehwere on the net ( mine were too and its not a nice feeling to see that, believe me...okay, its internet, sure, we all know that, but its still possible to be nice on the net too... cause you know...there are always 'traces' ;o)) but mostly because they dont get any credit for their efforts and invested time to find certain stuffs or scan.

There are no rules as far as crediting goes. Usually as I said people credit scanners and any other posters they 'take pictures from and repost'. Usually its just nice to give a credit to someone if you 'take something from them' - either a picture or a video or the like.

People search the net for photos and I will tell for myself, if I come across a picture on another forum, I will definitely mention it when reposting that find. But usually I have other sources where I look for pictures... not gonna give all my secrets here :P Therefore its always nice to see when people credit me ( although I dont demand creditng me as in mentioning my members name, its enough when people mention my forum) if they repost pictures - and thank you everyone who does so, its always appreciated. I myself also give credit all the time when doing the same.

But what I find ummm... not even funny or hilarious lol, but hmmm, dont even know how to put it into words properly ... Crediting has so many 'sides'... Okay, lets take victoriassecret.com - they update the site with new pictures and you can of course download/get all the pictures there on the website. However its possible to find more pictures then the ones they put online. So people who took time to look for such pictures IMO of course, should be credited, since its not like the pictures are available to all on the site. But whats funny, people download all vs pictures that are ON the website already , post on a forum AND ask people to credit only their forums for that lol - come on, its not like YOU found them and only you can have an access to those. This is just plain silly, not credit-worthy and unnecessary !

What else do people credit ? Well, caps is something else that usually should be credited. I do tons and tond of screencaps of videos capped by others ( then I mentioned who capped a vid), or just videos that are on the net or the ones I have on my computer ( for a long time now). Again, it takes time to pick a nice still, retouch just a bit ( prettify:)) and post. Usually I do put tags on my caps. And on my 'picture finds'. In case people dont credit when reposting. I know its not so cool when you want to have a clean picture and theres a tag and I would most definitely never tag anything I cap, scan or post IF it was credited. But its not always the case therefore I have to tag some stuffs - although even when I tag I do try to make them as less noticable as possible so that they dont annoy people who look at the picture BUT so that I can anytime ID ' my stuffs'.

Of course there are common places like myspace or hey just our good old friend google lol where people search for images and what not. But even so I dont mind crediting someone who took time to search for a picture ( heck ! Even if its myspace and I know for sure Ive seen it there too) just because its.. I dont know...just a common courtesy Id say.

BUT there are always people ( Im sure you came across such too lol. If not- then ooooh, good for you I guess ! ) on forums who ALWAYS try to draw attention to them by the following. Imagine, someone posted a picture tagged with a forums name 'angelsforum.com'. Everyone is like, oh cool, thanks, nice candid find , etc. AAAAANDDDD THATS where 'such people' come into action lol. They aaaaaalways have a weird need to stop by and say ' HERE it is UNTAGGED. Its on myspace page of angels- so you know!'. Ummm, okay, thanks. But first off, NOONE asked for untagged one ( Im sure if people asked for an untagged one, posters would satisfy their request. ). And second, SO WHAT ?????????????????? lol I mean, if you know where that find came from, hell, GOOOD FOR YOU then I guess! Put a winner ribbon across your shoulder, put a crown on your head and be happy ! Naaah, they just wanna show that they KNOW where it came from even if they are not asked. How booo-worthy is that ? lol Oh and third - even if you know this source, why then didnt YOU take time and post it on a forum then ???????? No, they just come and 'spoil' the atmosphere when its not needed at all. Can you tell I dislike 'such posters' ?? You bet i do !

Like recently, in Julia Stegner's thread someone came by ( who I didnt see was updating JS thread there much at all to begin with !), okay so she stopped by and quoted a member who credited me and my forum for 2 picture finds and even put word 'originally' in italics in her reply, how hilarious is that : HERE is the original source of these 2 pictures blah blah blah '. LOL Well, the only good thing is that the link was new to me ( because its not THE original place I found those two pictures, so thanks for it, may be there are more of new to me images there Ill check!) but I mean, heck, was that uncalled for und unnecessary !'. Darling, if YOU know 'original source', then why the heck didn YOU take time to get those pictures and post in JS thread ????? lol Naaah, 'such people' never do. They only come to say bull*** like this. I dunno why. To show THEY know THE sources??? lol So what ? I know some good sources too. And guess what, I also come across pictures that people give credit for to other forums although I personally know where you can find those too and even untagged as well but I dont come to a thread and scream - AHA! HERE IT IS UNTAGGED. AND BTW THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SOURCE! SO you , dumb people, know !' Geeeeeeeeeeeez, how pathetic. I always want to ask such people - SO WHAT ??? Did posting so make you happier now ??? GOOD for you. Well done in showing everyone what kind of a person you are.

And extra for 'such know it all kind of low quality posters/forum members' --- people usually credit the place or poster where they for the first time saw the pictures regardless of where they come 'ORIGINALLY'. Thats such a weird word. What is originally ?? I always laugh when someone credits a person who just took an available-for-all VS picture, for instance, and says like 'picture originally found by XXX'. No really, thats too funny, ladies and gents. Okay, so that means this member XXX IS the one who took that very picture for VS with her/his camera and retouched it and put it on VS website right ??? Oh rrrrrrrrrrrright !

So yeah. Crediting is tricky tricky lol.

Some people credit ones but not credit others due to their own reasons like jealousy, envy, whatever. Others never credit anyone. Then there are people who take the pictures that are right there and anyone anyone anyone can see them but they still ask to credit them or their forums for those lol. And then there are people who always credit... So thats about it.

Ciao cacao.
Hope its as sunny and nice there where you are as its here where I am lol !