Hello everyone, friends of this holy blog!
Today I bring you a very special and essential tutorial for modern life as well as a demonstration of love for your neighbor, common sense, empathy and sensitivity. A lesson in humanism 2.0.
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| 1. I did this/ 2. No, you didn’t/ 3. But my name is on it! / 4. No, it isn’t.
Pictures in boxes, as seen on FinoFilipino. |
Those of you who follow me on Twitter have already suffered several times from my attacks of uncontrolled anger because they tell me that they have seen or discovered photos of us and fellow cosplayers/photographers on pages that are dedicated to sharing content without giving any credit to the authors. I have come to think that among the creators, or rather “sharers”, of content there is some urban legend that tells how some unsuspecting Internet user became covered in pustules and lost his gonads in strange circumstances when citing the source of an image.
I’m really telling you that, legends aside, what we have here is a lot of laziness and very little respect. But, above all, a lot of laziness. And very little respect too, what the hell!
In one of my countless forays into these sites asking please (always very politely, of course, without losing propriety) to mention the cosplayer and the photographer at least, I received one of the poorest and most unhappy responses I have ever received in my life. . I can’t find the place where I posted it right now (it was a long time ago), but the administrator of the page told me that he got the photos from Google. And that, therefore, are from Google. Con dos cojones, as we say in Spain.
I am still stunned when I remember that reply and I feel indignant whenever I receive similar comments. My stupefaction and bewilderment are such that I’m going to stop saying pedantry and I’m going to send them to hell.
I don’t really know where to start, since there are several reasons why everyone should already know, at this point in Web 2.0, that content is created by someone. Someone who, most likely, is as stupid as me and does it for free.
Focusing on the world of cosplay, 99% of us are fans. Enthusiasts who dedicate themselves to doing this for the love of art, for fun, to have a pleasant time, to learn, to socialize, etc. But just because this is a non-profit form of leisure does not mean that we are nobody, nor that we do not have to be minimally recognized.
Leaving aside the great problem of false modesty that permeates this hobby in such an unhealthy way (which I may talk about in another post when I get drunk again with flu), I think that everyone in their little heart loves it. He likes to receive a pat on the back from time to time, a sign of consideration. Seeing our name next to beautiful things like in the Louvre museum is a wonderful experience only comparable to our petanque team winning the World Cup.
99% of cosplayers work for free and we do this very passionately. We spend countless hours of our time, a certain amount of money and put a lot of love into our costumes, replicas and accessories. We are cold, hot and tired when we go dressed as our favorite characters to a photo shoot in Mordor because there’s a spot that suits the character. We often bring along our altruistic photographers, who after suffering the inclement weather just like us in each session, then go home and spend their hours editing.
Dear friend, fan, follower, curious, wanker, penguin, floating head, amoeba: after the beating that we have suffered since we decided on the cosplay we want to make until we published that photo that you like so much and that is so susceptible to being shared. Do you think, don’t you think, you can spend five minutes of your time reading the description and giving the relevant credits? What less, since you have a page that is fed by other people’s content, with which you perhaps earn money for each click, than to record who has manufactured that work of contemporary art or cleavage?
Your testicle will not rise, you will not suffer labor contractions, hemorrhoids, and much less chlamydia. Your reproductive system is safe. At least put the source, plant a nice link. That the links to SEO make it very hard. My nickname is very difficult and sometimes they call me “Nebulaben”, well, that’s okay, copy and paste is an advanced technique that only a few master. It’s okay, but add credits! It’s the only thing that 99% of the cosplayers in this world are going to gain in our lives doing what we do: a little bit of recognition, being a princess for a day!
So here I leave you the tutorial, finally, to carry out this arduous task worthy of the gods of Olympus or more:
1- Go to the photo source.
2- Upload it to your page.
3- Look at the description of the image, which will surely be accompanied by some beautiful credits and a few little hearts, copy. (The little hearts do not need to be copied).
CTRL+C
4- Paste in your photo caption arranging the links accordingly. CTRL + V Take a good look if the links work or if you are sending your audience to pornotube, which is probably the last thing you saw before this.
5- Go up.
6- Do Valsalva maneuvers and check if any type of hernia has occurred.
Obviously, I have to say that this issue with credits happens on rare occasions (although more than I would like), and that I have spoken many times with the administrators of the pages, whether due to omission or oversight, and they have very kindly rectified; But that doesn’t mean that I get a duodenal ulcer every time it happens with that level of laziness. It makes me very angry because I believe that in the creative process everyone is important, the work in each photo should be recognized and does not deserve to be depersonalized in this way.
Many of you have told me that the solution is to put watermarks on the photos. Personally, I think that would ruin the image. Furthermore, I have come to the conclusion after a couple of conversations that, if you don’t put it on a plate for people to click, they don’t do anything and the vast majority of those who see a photo don’t even notice the watermark.
I know that those of you who don’t put credits, if you are not even able to read a brief description, you are not going to read this post at all and this is a battle that I have more than lost, but I’ve had fun writting this shit.
Coming soon to your video store:
– Mom, why can’t I be proud of my work?
– They steal my followers, they take them out of my hands.
– Cleavage.
