So your argument is that everyone who uses Tumblr's reblog function is stealing? Because once someone reblogs a Tumblr post, the original poster cannot control whether the contents of that post remain on the internet. If it only gets reblogged a handful of times, the original poster can ask each reblogger to edit or delete their reblog. But if any reblogger refuses, or once there are too many rebloggers for asking to remain practical…
As it happens, I think that loss of control is one of the worst things about Tumblr. But what corner of the internet are you from where commenting on someone else's posts is bad, adding to a conversation in a way that cannot mischaracterize who you're talking to or about (because anyone reading you can click the link you provided and read for themselves exactly what was said) is wrong, and vagueblogging is evil?
I will however agree that quoting without attribution, with the possible exceptions of "a lot of people said substantially this thing; not sure it's possible to paraphrase all of them without directly quoting any of them" and "I don't want people who read me to go rain shit on this person's head", is unethical.
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Date: 2020-01-31 08:30 am (UTC)As it happens, I think that loss of control is one of the worst things about Tumblr. But what corner of the internet are you from where commenting on someone else's posts is bad, adding to a conversation in a way that cannot mischaracterize who you're talking to or about (because anyone reading you can click the link you provided and read for themselves exactly what was said) is wrong, and vagueblogging is evil?
I will however agree that quoting without attribution, with the possible exceptions of "a lot of people said substantially this thing; not sure it's possible to paraphrase all of them without directly quoting any of them" and "I don't want people who read me to go rain shit on this person's head", is unethical.