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December 23, 2004
"Dancing with the one what brung you..."
... that's how Cinema Minima states their link policy on "reblogging" interesting posts. Makes sense to me. We've kinda had a similar unstated rule for the unmediated reblog -- hence the "via" link in each non-original post -- but sometimes it can get a bit sticky, like when someone realizes that their name isn't in the credits. (By the way, has anyone else noticed that Don Cheadle's name doesn't appear in the roll for the Oceans 11 remake? Just an aside.) Divvying up the link love can be a tricky thing.
I probably spend a good two hours a week thinking about this, particularly while riding the subway. Not just for the credit issue, mind you, but also for the meme thing. How can you track the spread of an idea? How do you measure the influence of a source? How fragile is the trust inherent in these connections?
And, ultimately, can you guard against the exploitation of these connections without being authoritarian?
Posted by yatta at December 23, 2004 2:16 AM