Anonymous asked: I agree, Jamie.
but you shouldn't stress so much about the text the comes with it, some people have accounts serving as some sort of reference book, there's a template that works great if having just the pictures, which is my case. but as an artist myself, I despise the use of other people's work without credit so I may remove the original text but if you click on the image, you will end up on its original place, with is original text if it's a reblog or its original site if it's a URL redirect. the "culture" of tumblr implies that since the majority of users are just creating databanks for themselves or as a way of saying "look how I have good taste" like you said, it's known that most images do not belong to the sites they're featured in, people are aware that it came from somewhere and there's where your plea for crediting does make sense. it's not like having a wordpress blog or owning a website and just featuring images randomly, that's where tumblr is good, it serves as a social media outlet and images and such will circulate more easily. I know it would be good to leave the text in, but it's unlikely to add anything to the image and your blog is there for anyone to see if your image is properly linked by other people. upon joining tumblr you have to agree that your stuff will circulate and there's nothing you can do about it, you're perfectly right on asking people the credits, but stressing too much about anything out of that will just serve to make you lose your temper. most people are good and will do the right thing, so don't worry so much.
that's how tumblr works and it's its main appeal, if you're unhappy with it, you shouldn't have one. there are tons of other ways to show your work and not going through this.
BTW, I'm messaging anonymously because somehow I'm unable to switch between my accounts, I wanted to write to you via the account I mention on my text, not the main one. it's somewhere-new -dot- tumblr -dot- com
My chief point is credit. That is the most important thing. But I’m not necessarily talking about myself when I talk about leaving text in (though it would be nice). I’m thinking of someone like, say, Katie West, whose images are usually accompanied by very carefully chosen writing or quotes, that are intended to feed into/play off the image.
And you’re right, most people do the right thing. But given the chain nature of Tumblr’s reblogging system, when one person doesn’t, it can propagate down the line.
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