From d5305fbf6de41033040b40f1e2575b5b22e98e55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonas Smedegaard Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:32:47 +0200 Subject: Blog entry on alternatives to Facebook images. --- img/facebook.mdwn | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100644 img/facebook.mdwn (limited to 'img') diff --git a/img/facebook.mdwn b/img/facebook.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4972ec1 --- /dev/null +++ b/img/facebook.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +# How I (don't) use Facebook images + +[[!meta date="2012-10-21"]] +[[!tag img fb blog editorial]] + +Dear Facebook friend, + +I like you and I am happy that you take/tag/share photos of me, just not +on Facebook! + +I have a Facebook account but [[don't hang out there|msg/facebook]]. + +Please share your photos in public, not (only) inside Facebook. And +please consider allowing Free reuse of your photos, by licensing them +with a Free license like [CC-BY-SA][] or [CC0][]. + +[CC-BY-SA]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 + "Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike" + +[CC0]: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ + "Creative Commons - Public Domain Dedication" + +## Here & Now + +My suggestion for now is to use Flickr, and license all images as +"Attribution, share alike". + + +## The Perfect Way + +Ideally you would publish the photos on some server that you control, +like the [[Freedombox|/fb]], but those are unfortunately not yet easy to +find or use. + +## Why not Facebook? + +Facebook is a closed system: all activities happen at one central place. + +Maybe you don't care who is spying on the photo gallery that you share. +That's fine - but please respect those of your friends who do care, by +putting a copy of your photos somewhere with less thirdparty control. + +Regards, Jonas -- cgit v1.2.3