Disallow reblogging

notanative · Member · Jan 30, 2012 at 8:53 pm
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Is there a way to disable reblogging of my posts by other users? I don’t like it even if it credits me and I’d rather choose who can reblog me.
Thank you

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timethief · Member · Jan 30, 2012 at 8:59 pm
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No I’m sorry but that’s not possible unless you choose to chnage your blog visibility to “private”. You can read about it here http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/reblogging-is-back/ and in the comments on that post on the official WordPress.com blog as well.
timethief · Member · Jan 30, 2012 at 9:00 pm
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I’d rather choose who can reblog me.

Do be aware that you have no control at all on who may choose to copy and paste quotes from your posts and link to them in posts of their own.
justjennifer · Member · Jan 30, 2012 at 9:02 pm
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Have you read the “Reblogging is Back” announcement? If not I suggest you do, as well as the comments.

Here’s a particularly good discussion on reblogging between a WordPress.com user and Matt Mullenweg, who runs Automattic, the people who bring you WordPress.com:

Reblogging is Back!
notanative · Member · Jan 30, 2012 at 9:19 pm
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Thank you @timethief and @justjennifer for the fast answers.

I know everybody can copy&paste without asking permission, but this is something you have to deal with every time you publish something. I read the topic about reblogging but I missed Matt’s answer. Thank you for showing it.

I actually choose a CC license and the terms of the act of reblogging are not against my principles, it allows credits to me and I think it’s fair. But it looks a little creepy to me :)

Anyway I hope it will be possible disable reblogging one day.
raincoaster · Member · Jan 30, 2012 at 10:18 pm
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I wouldn’t worry about it too much, frankly. I did a comparison on reblogs between Tumblr (which exists PRIMARILY to reblog) and here on exactly the same item, and on Tumblr the item got a thousand or so reblogs; here it got one.

While reblogging may cause a visceral negative reaction for bloggers creating original work, it’s not as big a threat as it looks.
timethief · Member · Jan 30, 2012 at 10:19 pm
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You’re welcome.
careann · Member · Feb 8, 2012 at 5:26 pm
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Is there a way to eliminate the “reblog” button on my blog? I don’t mind people linking to my posts or quoting bits from them, but I don’t appreciate having my entire work turn up on someone else’s site, especially on sites that seem to exist only to display other people’s work, not their own.
timethief · Member · Feb 8, 2012 at 5:28 pm
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No there is not a means of disabling the reblogging feature.
notanative · Member · Feb 8, 2012 at 5:30 pm
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No, @careann. Read above.

BTW, I solved the problem of the “crazy reblogger” asking him politely to remove my stuff from his blog. And he surprisingly, did it :)
careann · Member · Feb 8, 2012 at 5:38 pm
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Thanks for the prompt reply @timethief and @notanative. I’ve politely asked the reblogger to remove my copyright photos, so will see if he complies. I don’t hold out a lot of hope as his site seems to be nothing but reblogs.
timethief · Member · Feb 9, 2012 at 12:00 am
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@careann

http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/reblogging-is-back/
When a post is reblogged, it shows up with a link back to the blog it came from, the first image in the post, an excerpt of the post’s introduction (if it contains text), and thumbnails of any other images that the post contains. It also shows any comments left by the person who reblogged the post

Well for future use here’s an anti-reblogging tactic some who don’t want their images reblogged have been using. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reblogging-images-not-showing?replies=16#post-811335
careann · Member · Feb 9, 2012 at 7:22 am
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Thanks for this info. I’ll check it out.

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