Dear Fanpop users,

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Uploading everything I make is not okay with me.

I am flattered that you consider my work good enough to save and upload my entire post to another site but PLEASE STOP. I am aware of Fanpop, I have an account there, and will post my content when I want it there.

Even when you give me credit, which is often and I do appreciate that, Fanpop still attaches your name to my work and that's my one rule: don't attach your name to my work. I know it isn't your intention to claim you made my icons but that's how Fanpop works. It makes me seriously grumpy to find that I can't post icons that I made because they're already posted and have somebody else's name on them.

I'm not addressing this to people who take a couple of icons and upload them for their own use; that is the point of icons. Uploading everything I make to another site, whether it's the entire post or everything in that fandom, is not okay with me. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Mish

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[superbadgirl]

People never fail to remind me of their suckitude.

((Hugs))

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you. *hugs* I'm not directly harmed. Annoyed and grumpy, yes, but I could choose to delete my Fanpop account and let people do as they will and just never go there. If I find myself getting grumpy over it too much that's probably what I will do as this is my hobby. It's fun. They do generally credit there in the Fanpop-accepted way of crediting. The problem isn't so much the people as it's the site itself, its general attitudes towards content, and the way it credits. It may be something I need to let go of; perhaps I'll find my zen.

This isn't the first time this has happened. I've found my icons in people's Photobucket accounts labeled with things like, "Icons to Use" which may have been for personal use or, given the masses of my icons there, were being collected to be offered to other people or uploaded to other sites (role playing? discussion boards?). My work was credited, which seems to be what a lot of makers care most about so I know the people were conscientious, but I'm not getting the comments or the knowledge that I'm succeeding in another venue. I like my feedback. *pout*

In any case, I'm hoping to convince people here from Fanpop to follow LJ etiquette. Given Miss Manners's job security I recognize that I am likely tilting at windmills.