Why you shouldn´t use public domain pictures on #steemit
After releasing my last post (https://steemit.com/photography/@changetheearth/do-not-let-other-people-tell-you-bullshit-here-is-the-one-and-only-correct-explanation-of-the-crop-factor) here on #steemit, I realized once again how different this platform is from Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
I used a Creative Commons image from Wikimedia because it was the best way to visualize the issue. A short time later, I was punished by a down vote bot @photomatcher, which does nothing than search for plagiarism. The bot not only crawled #steemit, but also the rest of the internet. And promptly found several photo blogs which also use the freely available photo.
Newcomers to #steemit should know that any material published on the internet under the Creative Commons license may not be used here. We can discuss the meaning and nonsense of this measure, but that will not stop the bots from doing their job.
Wow, I didn't know this. Thanks for the tip.
I did not know that either @michaelluchies. Until the bot punished me.
If I may ask, what do Public Domain and Creative Commons mean? Is there a difference?
I've bookmarked the following post which was written last year. Are all the sites mentioned in it out of bounds for Steemit articles?
https://steemit.com/steem-help/@mindover/don-t-plagiarize-images-here-are-13-free-and-legal-ways-to-find-high-quality-photos-you-can-use-on-steemit
Creative Commons is a license that you can allow others to use your content. If you do this, your content is considered public domain. You can of course try to use freely available images, but you´ll risk such a bot stopping by.
According to one of the sites in the article above, although one doesn't have to, it is a good thing to name the persons who created and/or the sites one finds pictures to use.
Otherwise, the assumption is that the image is part of the blog. Could this be why the posts are being flagged? Or is being done despite attribution?
"Hi there! I am a bot that attempts to reverse image search photo posts. I have found the following matches: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
If your post isn't original content, you might be interested to read the @steemcleaners Plagiarism Guide."
This is the reasoning of the bot. Bots do not think. If they think you have to be punished, they just do it.
Noted. And thank you.
I've just come across this:
https://steemit.com/creative-commons/@emrebeyler/attributing-images-to-your-posts-the-correct-way
And this:
https://steemit.com/photography/@dmcamera/photo-plagiarism-how-to-avoid-it-original-photography
Hello @bhop42moro, I know all that stuff. But the bot does´t know. There is the problem.
It does make a mockery of Creative Commons. Can a bot be faulty?
Perhaps after enough people complain it will be fixed. In the meantime, here's to risking it.
Hello @bhop42moro, I know all that stuff. But the bot does´t know. There is the problem.