Reblog: SignalBoost bookmarklet

astolat posted: SignalBoost bookmarklet

Check out the cool bookmarklet that astolat made! :D!! One-click reblogging from the post!
I'm on Firefox and it took me a hot minute to figure out how to actually edit the URL -- you have to go to "Show All Bookmarks" and not just "Edit This Bookmark."

It allows you to reblog with a snippet, too, but as usual, err on the side of caution for that. :)

Reblog: Seasonal cards wrap-up

mific posted: Seasonal cards wrap-up

OMG these are so pretty!! Click through for cats sitting on dinosaurs and cupcake ornaments!

Reblog: Movie Double Feature challenge

minoanmiss posted: Snowflake Challenge Day 12

Design a movie double feature or marathon and explain why as briefly or voluminously as you like!

I love this challenge! Mine was a rather predictable "Snowpiercer" + "Mad Max Fury Road", but would love to see what others come up with.

A way of reblogging art

I want to test the idea of reblogging art with a small image preview provided by the artist:

potofsoup made a Steve birthday comic for 2012, set right after Avengers:

The idea is this:
- The artist supplies the thumbnail image for reblogging, and includes it in the reblog snippet in their original image post. Wrap the image in a link tag so that clicking on the image also goes back to the original post.
--- It can just be an image that's shrunk down. (This is an screenshot shrunk to 25%)
--- If the artist is okay with it, it can also just be a width="200" added to the image tag
--- Imgur allows for really easy thumbnailing! How-to here

Here is a sample reblog snippet:

<user name="USERNAME"> posted: <a href="POSTLINK">post title</a><blockquote><img src="THUMBNAIL"></a><blockquote>

- If the artist doesn't provide the thumbnail but you want to reblog anyway:
--- Check if the artist has a "reblogging with thumbnail" policy
--- Ask the artist directly.


Do you think this is something that would work as a way to (a) get art in front of other people's faces, (b) encourage click-through, and (c) without reposting the artwork?