Gaah, I'm so upset right now.. a very close friend of mine reposted some of my pictures on her Flickr stream and I asked her to please remove them. Well, I was to too upset, so the spouse-unit sent a mail pointing out that it was uncool. I don't know how many of you use Flickr, but I know it's in the Guidelines, and even more general politeness to just ask someone before you use or take a picture. Now, she's a really close friend, and the pictures were special in a way, so I had given her all the pictures so that she could show family and friends, and even post them on her blog and stuff. Totally fine with me. But pictures on Flickr in somone's account imply that person took the picture. Even if there's attribution given in the description, there are a lot of Flickr tools and widgets that don't show titles or description.
She's taken them down, but she's really upset with me, and I don't think I'm being unreasonable. She has access to download them, print them, group them, tag them, etc. Just not to repost on Flickr.
Just for my own peace of mind: Please, please, be honest with me here. Am I wrong to not want my pictures reposted on a friend's stream?
Tags: flickr, photos, etiquette
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