slclick said:
jaell said:
slclick said:
I'd ask Bryan and Sean about this... your assumption about things being 'uncool' and bad manners is ridiculous imho. They are very easy going people and not so hung up on these minor particulars as your post makes you appear.
They might not care at all, you're right. But by and large, it's very much net etiquette
not to post linked images someone else is hosting. Their bandwidth gets eaten up. Which is why so many commercial sites explicitly disallow it.
Given that Bryan has numerous disclaimers up about how much time/effort he puts into the site, and he solicits commissions and even donations, I go on the assumption that it's more polite to not do something that would cost him money (even if it is pennies on bandwidth).
Plus, it's not like it takes that much effort to host an image, or to simply link to the page so the owner gets some page-hits/advertising revenue.
You're preaching to someone who has donated to his site many times. Thanks for the school marm treatment.
Ahh. I didn't realize that if you've donated to a site, you get to make your own rules.
Another poster--not you--posted images hosted by Bryan at TDP. I said, "hey, that's a bit rude. Think again." And I gave reasons why it's considered bad etiquette, and why it literally costs the image host money. Plenty of forums have rules explicitly forbidding this, and plenty of hosts block images from being posted like that.
You disagree? Fine. You don't think it's rude. And your contributions to TDP allow you to do whatever you want, apparently. I'm not the arbiter of Fairness and Justice on the Internet. I'm just sharing what is common practice.
If your undies are in a bunch about it, that's your problem and not mine, childish insults notwithstanding.
And, given that I'm a college professor, comparing me to a school marm isn't so far off the mark.