that’s it. nothing more to really add to it. it’s quite simple.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    4·
    26 minutes ago

    If there’s no conveniently available version with the artist credit in the image, a link to the artist’s page in the post body I think would suffice.

  • ripcord@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 hours ago

    I find that it’s pretty rare anyone here would do it intentionally. Usually that comes from people just resharing something they found on Instagram or somewhere.

    I agree people should try to find the original author and post the original in that case. But I think that should be called out instead.

    Edit: This comment is redundant, but oh well

  • Beep@lemmus.orgEnglish
    5·
    2 hours ago

    I disagree strongly.

    I recommend adding a encouragement for watermark free comics.

  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
    84·
    4 hours ago

    A good number of strips will be pre-cropped, or the equivalent. So what you’d really want when the signature’s missing is to have the poster do reverse-image as necessary so as to identify the creator, making sure to include that information.

    There’s also the fact that doubtless there will be posters ignoring such a rule / guideline, ideally necessitating mod intervention. Meanwhile, the one and only mod looks like they haven’t been active in a month.

    ¯\(ツ)/¯

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      2 hours ago

      Images with the creator’s name cropped shouldn’t be shared anyway, plus they’re usually deep-fried and look like a blurry mess. People should be looking for originals to replace the crappy quality ones.

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Well, woulda-coulda-shoulda. It’s nice that people are willing to make suggestions and discuss the issue, but in cases like this, it actually needs someone to join the mod team here and then apply their vigilance on an ongoing basis towards stuff that broke the rules.

        • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          There are some good suggestions in the comments, like providing a link on how to reverse image search to the sidebar to make it easier to find originals. It would be best if it were something that was encouraged rather than strictly enforced.

          • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            1 hour ago

            For Firefox, there’s a super-handy extension that lets you right-click on an image and then gives you a choice of eight different services (or all of them) to reverse-image search. I use it all the time.

            Regardless, even going in the low-maintenance ‘suggestion, not a hard guideline’ route would require an active mod here to at the very least add the suggestion to the sidebar. Currently, there isn’t one, seemingly. This gets in to sort of a Meta issue about communities that get abandoned to some extent. It’s a real problem across the Fediverse, and I don’t believe enough collective focus is happening to deal with the issue.

            If you look at this thread, it’s full of people saying, “yeah, let’s do this!” and “cool, sounds good!” but nobody in a position to act is effectively listening. This is what it looks like when there’s a bunch of chatter and nothing actually happens, sort of like a loud protest that doesn’t actually change anything.

            • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              1 hour ago

              Yeah, if there’s no active mod it’s a non-starter. But people don’t have any reason to know that’s the case. Considering how relatively big this community is (for Lemmy) it’s impressive it functions without a human mod as well as it does.

              • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
                1·
                1 hour ago

                But people don’t have any reason to know that’s the case.

                They can do the same thing I did, which was to click on the one mod here and see their activity history?

                it’s impressive it functions without a human mod as well as it does.

                I think that’s what naturally tends to happen when a community hits a critical mass of subscribers, combined with a highly popular subject. Also, this doesn’t strike me as a /c with much potential for controversy. *shrug*

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
        25·
        4 hours ago

        Are there ways this could be implemented though that would not punish people who accidentally posted the wrong one though. You have a good idea, but we also have very few contributors on Lemmy and we don’t want to discourage that either.

        • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldOP
          43·
          4 hours ago

          i mean we don’t have to make it a bannable offense, we just have to say “hey, go find the original if you can”. it’s a pretty relaxed community right?

        • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world
          21·
          4 hours ago

          Unlike Reddit, it’s possible to edit the link a post links to after the fact, so it’s possible to swap in an uncropped link later instead of just removing the post.

          • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
            2·
            1 hour ago

            I’d be in favor of that. Not an instant ban rule but more of a “No link provided, please use TinEye or something to find the original and update your post”

          • ViperActual@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            1 hour ago

            This is the key. If someone shares something that may have the attribution missing or is too jpg, the post link can be edited to the better version.

            If users are posting too many comics that are missing attribution without following through to update post links to versions with them, then they’ll get the book thrown at them and won’t be allowed to post anymore.

      • RustyShackleford@piefed.socialEnglish
        13·
        4 hours ago

        Here’s an idea: add easily accessible links so that even those less technologically inclined can easily reverse image search. Since many younger users are moving to Lemmy, they might not fully understand all the rules you’re trying to enforce.

        • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldOP
          8·
          3 hours ago

          This is A. Good. Point.

          If i actually lose my mind and agree to mod this sub in a few months i’m saving this so i can come back to it, I have to look up how to reverse image search every damn time. And one of my first jobs was working IT building computers and programming bullshit dammit I’m not completely tech naive, just stuck in windows 7 because fuck you microsoft.

          anyways, thank you Rusty, I am making you Honorary Something. Whatever it is, whenever we think of it, you are it. That was a great idea.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
        9·
        3 hours ago

        Also, if you like the strip and have the time, help the person out and put up a signature or post the original with a signature, while reminding them that they should have posted a signature as well. These communities are a team effort.

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        5·
        4 hours ago

        True. Assuming they pay any attention to that one out of an unusually long list of sidebar rules. That doesn’t change the mod situation, either, and you’d need a mod to actually add that rule.

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        5·
        3 hours ago

        I think that’s the most practical solution here, and something I was hoping OP would realise at some point. Be the change, and all that.

        @heythisisnttheymca@lemmy.world

    • Deestan@lemmy.world
      7·
      4 hours ago

      So what you’d really want when the signature’s missing is to have the poster do reverse-image […]

      Nah, they can just not perpetuate stolen art. Keep it easy.

  • FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 hour ago

    I’m opposed to rules, but I support this philosophy. It would be a nice request to make of everyone who shares something.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 minute ago

      I mean, yeah, I used to have to work with (not for) the irs and some people will take a simple, fair worded rule to the extreme extent of the abuse of language to defend a position. And Crab God knows y’all have seen me do the same on here I think it’s a trauma response or something merely from working with (not for dammit) the irs. But when you say “don’t be a dick” then you have to define what being a dick means and in þree weeks you’ve got a codex of scripture condemning anyone who so much as thinks of using a thorn to death. Wait dammit.

  • Zikeji@programming.devEnglish
    10·
    3 hours ago

    I would say it’ll catch people who find a comic already stripped of attribution and want to reshare it, but that’s fine - the onus of fixing that / properly sourcing it should be on the one (re)sharing it.

  • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldOP
    23·
    5 hours ago

    honestly this is mostly because i’m about to bike out and help my comic book buddy with his taxes. but c’mon people, be respectful to the artists.