#it's disrespectful. your edit/post/whatever was made possible by another autonomous person's efforts and talents

[guiltyidealist]

been visiting therian spaces lately (kinda vibe) and man when I tell you they have a crediting problem

#moodboards. stimboards. just photo posts.-- so very many. such little citation #best they do a lot of the time is ''pic not mine!'' or ''credit to uploader!'' or whatever. if that. #plenty of the time there's just not a word of whether or not it's theirs. for all you know THEY made it. #except y'know tHEY DIDN'T. IT'S NOT THEIRS. #now it's not always the case. i see a fair share of proper crediting and it always delights me. especially when it's my own content #but on the other hand #seeing nothing or just the ''not mine'' disclaimer is so fucking infuriating. please stop representing the work of others as your own #it's disrespectful. your edit/post/whatever was made possible by another autonomous person's efforts and talents #AND by them being so gracious as to SHARE it. to grant consent to use by others. to put it out there fully knowing risk of theft #including theft by omission of credit #just for you to not even give them so much as a shoutout. #sure. let's back up. maybe i'm being unrealistic. i'm a scientist by trade. in academia this is plagiarism. full stop #even if you say ''this work wasn't mine'' but you fail to say WHOSE you have committed a crime. misrepresentation of due credit #it's still plagiarism even if misrepresentation was mild or accidental. precision matters as much as accuracy #which is why I grant consent for my content's use on the condition that you CREDIT ME VIA SPECIFIC POST LINK #and i get that not everyone even cares if you repost their stuff without credit. #however for your consideration: /I/ want to see where x thing came from. /I/ want to know who made that. #and by ''i'' i mean PEOPLE. not everyone but MANY PEOPLE #like. it's just a basic fucking courtesy to all involved parties -- your audience the creator and you -- for you to AT LEAST NAMEDROP #i'm. gonna stick this in their tags. to be clear i'm not vagueposting anyone in particular #it's just something i see often and it really really bothers me as a long-time content creator and user #therian #therianthropy #theriotype #kin #kin things #kin tag #alterhuman #kinnie #(also. i'm not positive about what all these tags mean but i AM sure i see them together a lot so)