RE: Helpful Tips for New Steemians to Cut OUT the Spam!
Good article.
I had someone on one of the FB groups spam me the other day with a link - considering that the group itself (not yours in this case) had an explicit rule forbidding such things... Obviously, I did not even bother to check out the link.
Good idea on watermarking images too - though do you know whether any of the photo competitions encourage this?
If someone is wanting to use an image which is not theirs (for instance, I like to share some spiritual messages on Sundays), there is always the bit on Google and Bing where you can search for something with appropriate user rights. Even then, the source should be credited as much as possible. Still, the safest thing to do is to stick with your own images and text. (I've seen where quotes can be copyrighted as well.)
All in all, the best future for Steemit is with using all our own materials and working for our organic followings.
Thanks again for your article.
(BTW, I hope you don't consider my graphic banner here to be spamming - I'm trying to use it as a signature that shows someone what I do without being a pest.)
No, I don't consider it spam, I know it's you so it just points out who you are =)
No most of the photo challenges don't per say require you to watermark them. As you've seen I use simple markings on my photos that are actually just called labels in my phones photo editing program.
There are some who are adamantly against the use of any images that aren't explicitly your own. However, I've always heard from being involved in the art community on fb that public domain images such as those from pixabay were okay again, stipulating that you say they're from pixabay. So maybe for the spiritual messages see what pixabay has.
I guess I'll pay attention to the winners and see if anyone is using a watermark there. Something that doesn't get in the way too much and yet makes it difficult to reuse by cropping.
I think my banner also brightens up the reply area. :-) (Though I still will normally only use it once per post - partly because I'm lazy, lol.)
Lol. Well it would become a bit redundant too probably in a string of replies. I don't think the watermark is a requirement at all. For you always seem to have a lot to say about your photos to include your process, what you use etc. Just if you didn't want the image stolen...