"tumblrites: heed this. Not everyone wants their posts quoted."
I would put this more strongly: unless you know that someone allows their entire blog to be reposted, don't do it. You'll be violating copyright law.
Tumblrites gave permission for reblogging by joining Tumblr. Dreamwidth folks didn't give permission for most or all of their post to be reposted by joining Dreamwidth, a network that has no reblogging function. Copyright law permits fair use, of course, and in most cases that's all you need: a snippet of the original post, preferably with a link back to the original post.
Your discussion of the benefits of reblogging is fascinating; I don't want to retract from that. I just wanted to point out the serious legal issues that folks coming from a reblogging culture might not be aware of. Copying an entire post isn't legally the same as reblogging, unless the original poster has given permission for the repost.
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Date: 2019-01-08 01:56 pm (UTC)I would put this more strongly: unless you know that someone allows their entire blog to be reposted, don't do it. You'll be violating copyright law.
Tumblrites gave permission for reblogging by joining Tumblr. Dreamwidth folks didn't give permission for most or all of their post to be reposted by joining Dreamwidth, a network that has no reblogging function. Copyright law permits fair use, of course, and in most cases that's all you need: a snippet of the original post, preferably with a link back to the original post.
Your discussion of the benefits of reblogging is fascinating; I don't want to retract from that. I just wanted to point out the serious legal issues that folks coming from a reblogging culture might not be aware of. Copying an entire post isn't legally the same as reblogging, unless the original poster has given permission for the repost.