reiterating because maybe we weren’t clear the first time
reddit refugees, reblog art, don’t repost it
if you really like someone’s art, reblog it. you can do that by clicking the little looping arrows at the bottom of the post. this will make it so the art appears on your blog and shows up to your followers, but the op is still credited and given notes.
reposting does not give credit. and no, saying “artist is ___” as the caption doesn’t count, unless you have permission given directly by the artist.
if you have a funny or pretty image on your phone that you saved from reddit, don’t post it here on tumblr, because 99% of the time it came from tumblr. use a reverse image search to try and find the original tumblr post, and reblog that.
taking that extra five minutes to find the original post of an artist you love will absolutely brighten their day and make the entire world a better place.
please, I’m begging you. reblog art. don’t repost it.
reposting art is against ToS, and falls under art theft. reblogging is a site feature and you’re meant to use it
when you repost, you’re actively severing the connection between the audience and the creator–even if you link to the creator (most don’t even do that), and even if people click through to the creator (most never will on reposted pics), the creator is still not getting the engagement from the post itself because they’re not OP
when you repost, you are working toward taking autonomy away from the creator. they posted the content under very specific conditions, and under those conditions they retain control over how their content is shared. when someone else posts their content, the creator cannot with 100% certainty control the ways in which their content spreads or gets used. every time a given piece of content is reposted, it becomes that much more likely that they will end up completely severed from the dialogue with the piece, such that no one will be able to source it even if they wanted to, or it gets monetized in ways that do not include the creator
if an artist wants to later withdraw from a site, they can’t remove anything other people have reposted. they can only delete/privatize their own posts
we are living in an era of internet threatened by AI scraping. do not compromise creators’ wishes for their works to be excluded from training AI
respect that if they aren’t on a given site, they might not want you to put their content there on their behalf. it could be something as simple as it being one site too many for them to comfortably keep up with. it could be as simple as disagreeing with the way that site is run. you cannot make those decisions for other people. always ask first wherever possible, and respect a no if they give you a no
