As a creator, that other really nice thing you can do here as well is that if you find a snap that has your content uploaded without a link to your site, you can add your site as a relevant link, which is something I find most other content-sharing websites don't have. While ideally no one would ever re-upload your work, it can be helpful if a snap is getting very popular given that it takes time for take-down requests to be processed.
Self-promotion is allowed, but we ask that you follow the 10% sharing rule. If over 10% of your contributions to Snapzu consist of submitting links to a site(s) that you own or otherwise benefit from in some way, and additionally if you do not participate in discussions, or reply to people’s comments, you may be viewed as a spammer.
This is cool because I'm allowed to try to make a name for myself as a creator and the 10% rule itself seems pretty reasonable.
While ideally no one would ever re-upload your work, it can be helpful if a snap is getting very popular given that it takes time for take-down requests to be processed.
Interesting. Do you feel like it's hurting you as the creator, if your content is uploaded to other sites with source included? Because I feel like this way you'll get traffic that you wouldn't maybe other ways get. But I don't really have experience of these things, so my understanding of the matter could be lacking.
Sorry, I meant "you" in a literal sense - I don't have any websites or anything that I wish to promote. With that said, I can empathize with creators and their frustrations, and different creators are going to have different views. For instance, the creator of the comic SMBC re-uploads their comics to imgur so that they can post them to reddit freely and indirectly drive up traffic to their site.
On reddit in particular, there are a ton of people who will view an image or video without ever visiting the comments, and the comments are the only way someone can say "hey - that's my source" if their URL isn't on the image. So even if someone puts the source in the comments, I can see how it would seem unfair to the creator, and I think I also understand why they'd request to have it be taken down. Some creators won't mind as long as a source is mentioned - both views are valid. It's obviously worse with videos, of course, since videos are typically the source of funds for the creator, so if someone re-uploads the video, the creator is really losing out.
If someone uploads an image on Snapzu but uses the Source tool when creating the snap, the link will show above the image on the published snap. To me that's much more helpful than a source posted in a comment on reddit. Still, I think if a creator wants to ask for the post to be taken down, that's fine too.
I completely agree with you on the reddit part. Most people don't really even care for the source, they just want their quick stream of content to browse through. I don't think the right way to go is encouraging this kind of behaviour, like Reddit and many others do, where posting the source of the content is as difficult as you just described.
Still, I think if a creator wants to ask for the post to be taken down, that's fine too.
Absolutely! That would really make Snapzu a great community, where the content creators could feel that their rights to their own content are respected. I really feel that emphasizing the importance of source would be very good for Snapzu, when all the other players on the field don't really care about the real creators of the content.
Woo! Sounds like you and I are in agreement. I'm sure there'll be all sorts of unique situations when it comes to creators and their content and the many different ways Snapzu can be utilized, but I also feel like this community is going to be pretty good at adapting and approaching new situations with empathy and the benefit of the doubt.
As a creator, that other really nice thing you can do here as well is that if you find a snap that has your content uploaded without a link to your site, you can add your site as a relevant link, which is something I find most other content-sharing websites don't have. While ideally no one would ever re-upload your work, it can be helpful if a snap is getting very popular given that it takes time for take-down requests to be processed.
Even the rules are pretty creator friendly.
This is cool because I'm allowed to try to make a name for myself as a creator and the 10% rule itself seems pretty reasonable.
Interesting. Do you feel like it's hurting you as the creator, if your content is uploaded to other sites with source included? Because I feel like this way you'll get traffic that you wouldn't maybe other ways get. But I don't really have experience of these things, so my understanding of the matter could be lacking.
Sorry, I meant "you" in a literal sense - I don't have any websites or anything that I wish to promote. With that said, I can empathize with creators and their frustrations, and different creators are going to have different views. For instance, the creator of the comic SMBC re-uploads their comics to imgur so that they can post them to reddit freely and indirectly drive up traffic to their site.
On reddit in particular, there are a ton of people who will view an image or video without ever visiting the comments, and the comments are the only way someone can say "hey - that's my source" if their URL isn't on the image. So even if someone puts the source in the comments, I can see how it would seem unfair to the creator, and I think I also understand why they'd request to have it be taken down. Some creators won't mind as long as a source is mentioned - both views are valid. It's obviously worse with videos, of course, since videos are typically the source of funds for the creator, so if someone re-uploads the video, the creator is really losing out.
If someone uploads an image on Snapzu but uses the Source tool when creating the snap, the link will show above the image on the published snap. To me that's much more helpful than a source posted in a comment on reddit. Still, I think if a creator wants to ask for the post to be taken down, that's fine too.
Oh, gotcha. :)
I completely agree with you on the reddit part. Most people don't really even care for the source, they just want their quick stream of content to browse through. I don't think the right way to go is encouraging this kind of behaviour, like Reddit and many others do, where posting the source of the content is as difficult as you just described.
Absolutely! That would really make Snapzu a great community, where the content creators could feel that their rights to their own content are respected. I really feel that emphasizing the importance of source would be very good for Snapzu, when all the other players on the field don't really care about the real creators of the content.
Woo! Sounds like you and I are in agreement. I'm sure there'll be all sorts of unique situations when it comes to creators and their content and the many different ways Snapzu can be utilized, but I also feel like this community is going to be pretty good at adapting and approaching new situations with empathy and the benefit of the doubt.