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Hi everyone,
Today I have a cautionary tale to tell you; a warning of what not to do here on steemit, but don't worry, because I also fill you in on what you should do as well.
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WHAT EXACTLY IS PROPER IMAGE SOURCING??
Yesterday I applied to be a member of @qurator (for those who don't know about them, here's a link @qurator/qurator-2-0-update-post-guidelines-or-registration-details-or-tier-changes) and this morning, woke to see the STEEM I had sent them returned, and my membership declined.
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For those of you who know me, you know that I take great pride in my work here, so I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed. I wallowed at my very own pity party for a few minutes, then decided to investigate further. I sent a message simply asking why.
@brumest - Today at 15:06
Hi,
Your account was declined due to lack of proper image sourcing.
Every image used has to be linked to free to use sites, like pixabay for example.
I am obviously not talking about your own original shots.
I have always used Google Images, but I click on Tools, then Usage Rights and then labeled for reuse,so I'm choosing photos that are ok to reuse. Not good enough.
Then I thought, Where exactly should I get my images from?
HERE'S THE ANSWER FROM THE EXPERT:
@brumest - Today at 15:35
Every time you use an image from the web you need to get it from one of these sites, or any other free to use one:
pixabay, pexels, maxpixel, unsplash.com
And link it to the specific page where you got it from.
Easy as that.
Google is not a source at all
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Information well worth knowing I'd say!! Too bad I didn't know it when I joined last December, but there's no use dwelling on the past. Now I know.
No actually, now we both know. No more excuses :)
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