Comments on: Screenshots Not Allowed http://www.web2learning.net/archives/365 Web 2.0 and programming tips from a library technology enthusiast, What I Learned Today... covers blogs, rss, wikis and more as they relate to libraries. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:17:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Paul R. Pival http://www.web2learning.net/archives/365#comment-3214 Paul R. Pival Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:41:36 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/365#comment-3214 Unfortunately, it <a href="http://cogdogblog.com/2006/06/15/final-maybe-from-flickr/" rel="nofollow">looks like Flickr isn't likely</a> to back down on this one. :-( "This is not because we hate Second Life, or hate screenshots, or hate you, or have any specific official opinion at all about philosophical questions like “What is a photograph?” or “Where is the dividing line between real and virtual worlds in our brave new digital age?” (personally, I’m sympathetic to the argument that ‘photos’ taken with ‘cameras’ in SL are actually photos). It’s because Flickr is *for* photos. Even when we have support finer-grained distinctions in our search system, better tools for self-flagging, and allow users to choose what kind of images show up in their search results, by default we will only show photo results." Unfortunately, it looks like Flickr isn’t likely to back down on this one. :-(

“This is not because we hate Second Life, or hate screenshots, or hate you, or have any specific official opinion at all about philosophical questions like “What is a photograph?” or “Where is the dividing line between real and virtual worlds in our brave new digital age?” (personally, I’m sympathetic to the argument that ‘photos’ taken with ‘cameras’ in SL are actually photos).

It’s because Flickr is *for* photos. Even when we have support finer-grained distinctions in our search system, better tools for self-flagging, and allow users to choose what kind of images show up in their search results, by default we will only show photo results.”

]]> By: Nicole http://www.web2learning.net/archives/365#comment-3213 Nicole Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:15:38 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/365#comment-3213 Unfortuntately I fit into that category - I want to share screenshots of what I'm doing - not my photos - so my stuff won't be public. Unfortuntately I fit into that category - I want to share screenshots of what I’m doing - not my photos - so my stuff won’t be public.

]]> By: Paul R. Pival http://www.web2learning.net/archives/365#comment-3212 Paul R. Pival Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:34:05 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/365#comment-3212 Well it's not that they're not <b>allowed</b> - just that if your account contains over 50% of its content as screenshots they won't be displayed to the public. So if you've got mostly photos and want to throw a few screenshots in the mix there's no problem at all. Still, it's a dumb policy, and I hope they remove that barrier. Well it’s not that they’re not allowed - just that if your account contains over 50% of its content as screenshots they won’t be displayed to the public. So if you’ve got mostly photos and want to throw a few screenshots in the mix there’s no problem at all. Still, it’s a dumb policy, and I hope they remove that barrier.

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