Comments on: RedOrbit Asks, “Is Social Networking an Addiction?” http://thomashawk.com/2007/01/redorbit-asks-is-social-networking-an-addiction.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric in SF http://thomashawk.com/2007/01/redorbit-asks-is-social-networking-an-addiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-10536 Eric in SF Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=1502#comment-10536 Tom, I've posted many many photos to wikipedia and not had anyone complain. The catch is that you can't credit yourself in ANY WAY. Your photo has to blend in like any photo in a paper encyclopedia. Check the Brussels sprout and the Amethyst ("museum quality piece") pages to see how I did it. Tom, I’ve posted many many photos to wikipedia and not had anyone complain. The catch is that you can’t credit yourself in ANY WAY. Your photo has to blend in like any photo in a paper encyclopedia. Check the Brussels sprout and the Amethyst (“museum quality piece”) pages to see how I did it.

]]> By: LeggNet http://thomashawk.com/2007/01/redorbit-asks-is-social-networking-an-addiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-10537 LeggNet Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:29:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=1502#comment-10537 I don't get the "Self Promotion Police" sometimes. Though I can see how it could get out of hand with spammers and such, in this case you are offering a Stock quality photograph at no charge. There's value here for the recipient. <br /><br />On a somewhat related note, I get tired of these same type of people screaming when someone posts a link to their blog or photos on <a href="http://digg.com" rel="nofollow">Digg</a> even though the Digg system has tools in place to handle it - Don't Digg it!<br /><br />Just my rambling...<br /><br />p.s. Self promotion: <a href="http://leggnet.com" rel="nofollow">www.leggnet.com</a> I don’t get the “Self Promotion Police” sometimes. Though I can see how it could get out of hand with spammers and such, in this case you are offering a Stock quality photograph at no charge. There’s value here for the recipient.

On a somewhat related note, I get tired of these same type of people screaming when someone posts a link to their blog or photos on Digg even though the Digg system has tools in place to handle it – Don’t Digg it!

Just my rambling…

p.s. Self promotion: http://www.leggnet.com

]]> By: julie http://thomashawk.com/2007/01/redorbit-asks-is-social-networking-an-addiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-10538 julie Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=1502#comment-10538 Wikipedia has some fairly strict rules about self-promotion, although that doesn't stop some people. Wikipedia has some fairly strict rules about self-promotion, although that doesn’t stop some people.

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