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I don’t really ask for much in return for the hours of sweat and hard work I put into this blog. I appreciate comments, I like all the photos of themselves naked that are sent in by my readers in adoration and the large cash donations are always put to good use (mostly buying more photos of naked people).
So when I write a clever little blog post and I take the time to put in a clever little graphic I expect that everyone who views my image is at least reading my words or visiting my domain.
And in the realm of the “internetz” it has been a long-standing No-No to link to someone else’s image on your website because you’re basically stealing their bandwidth without them getting any credit for it. Granted, this was back in the day when bandwidth actually mattered, but old traditions die hard. Using an image from someone else’s site is the web equivalent of plugging all your appliances into an extension cord which you secretly plugged into your neighbor’s outside outlet.
This is sometimes called “hotlinking” and it’s impolite and rather rude.
That has not stopped one blogger who shall now remain anonymous from linking all over the web, including to one of my own images. He seems like an intelligent guy, but he should really know better than to link to images all over the place. Ignorance of the rules do not exempt you from having to follow them.
He should instead do what most bloggers do: copy the image, fiddle with it in Photoshop and host it on THEIR OWN SITE.
So I decided to have a little fun.
I took the image he linked to and simply swapped it out for another one. You can see the before and after below:
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You can click on each photo to see a larger version or you can visit his blog at: (okay, I removed this…read the update below) to see the fun yourself, assuming he hasn’t figured it out.
No, that’s not a live link. That might tip him off sooner.
And that’s impolite.
Update: Someone let the guy know about my little prank and since that time we’ve been trading email and comments back and forth. He’s apologized and told me several times how unfunny I am and he’s asked me to take this post down. I won’t do that, but I will obscure the text so no one knows it’s his blog and I’ll erase his comments. I wish him no ill will and purposely didn’t do anything harmful to his site. To prove that I really don’t hold him any ill will I’ve taken out all references to him and his site… Though to be fair he probably got a decent amount of traffic and even some regular readers from this silliness.
Again, he seems like a pretty decent, intelligent guy who happens to think I’m a jerk for the prank I pulled.
Eh, join the crowd.
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8 Responses to “Do Me A Favor: Don’t Link To My Images”
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sylv3rblade says:
Lol. I’m lucky I didn’t learn the lesson of NOT hotlinking stuff the hard way.
September 9th, 2007 at 11:12 am -
Patrick Burt says:
“No, that’s not a live link. That might tip him off sooner.”
TIP him off? pun intended?
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Miss Ladybug says:
Hi Tom,
I’ve been enjoying your site for quite some time. So much, I’ve awarded you the Bodacious Blog award!! Come pick up your award at ladybugandco.com.
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bob says:
dooood.
that rocks.
we all know who the real jerk is.
bob on!
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Lionel Oliva says:
That guy should lighten up, no one even knows who it is.
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Caveman says:
So I was looking at the medical diagram of the penis. I had no idea there was a “corona” on the penis. It certainly explains a lot though. I’ve been saying for years that the horse that fills those bottles must have a kidney infection.
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Morgetron says:
It’s probably of little consequence, but I think your prank is funny. Damn funny.
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Margaret says:
I’ve done that once or twice, but not really meaning to. Blogger sometimes has issues uploading images and I’ve taken the lazy way and hotlinked vs. linking to a free hosting file - allbeit temporary until I can get Blogger to load a photo.
And sometimes I forget that I do that.
Not enough coffee in the am and in a rush to get to work sometimes does that.
But if you did this to me - I’d have to laugh my head off. I’d deserve it.
Great site, I can almost smell the coffee.