Reblogging
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Hi folks,
Just a suggestion I hope may reach the ones who can do something about it :-)
I am probably not the only one getting utterly irritated by rebloggers who do nothing but that, reblog – no personal content at all. It may be publicity for free but it gives me the creeps to end up somewhere that is all the contrary of what I am about, my post squeezed between others that I may or may not agree with in all gradations.
Wouldn’t it be possible to add a function to allow or disallow reblogging like in the case of share buttons, pingbacks, trackbacks and stuff so those who do not want to be reblogged have a choice in the matter? The only thing I can do at the moment is request that the reblogger remove my post from his/her site but if they don’t react to that, there is nothing I can do…
As I said, it is just an idea… but I sure would appreciate it :-)
Thanks and grts
NilThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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An addition to my post of yesterday I had not anticipated at all.
After asking politely to remove my post from his blog and also adding a comment to that sense on his site (not approved apparently and not visible), the only reaction I had is that the reblogger has started following my blog – I’m afraid that he will be snatching more stuff the moment I publish again… It is a very strange feeling to see my own post stated on the automatic ‘congrats’ mail for the new follower as something I should have a look at on his site. This really is not acceptable…
So, on top of the suggestion now a cry for help after all… Is there really no way I can block this person?
Thanks for some reaction and grts
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I’ve looked around too and it seems like there’s currently no way to block a follower. :(
(https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-block-a-follower-2?replies=2)
If it’s worth anything, I’m also hoping there will be a future option to disallow reblogs.
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Thanks for the support, Mirimay… :-) Maybe if there’s enough of us it will make it worthwhile for WP to look into it and come up with a nice solution? Tick reblogging on or off?
I know about the solution of making your blog private but that’s a step too far, I think. I have by now a small but nice group of people that do follow and comment regularly and although we do not shake or change the world, it is a lot of fun. I would not want to lose that…
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See here for steps you can take to prevent content theft http://en.support.wordpress.com/prevent-content-theft/
See here for Content Theft – What to Do http://en.support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/ -
For the history of reblogging see here > https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reblogging?replies=147
Note particularly what’s stated here > https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reblogging/page/5?replies=147#post-472791 -
Hi Timethief,
I probably missed that long discussion dating back to 2010. Sorry about that. But maybe it is not a bad idea to rekindle the idea of opt in/opt out function for reblogging as now, in 2013 the same problem is still around.
As I know that copy/paste cannot really be detected unless you run into your work on someone else’s site by sheer chance, I had decided for a Creative Commons License kind of hoping for decency by most. But as also stated in the 2010 discussion, reblogging makes it sort of ‘legal’. And under the CC License I cannot even complain as my name and text are reblogged as well, nothing has been changed.
One post in that same discussion has caught my attention, though:
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mark
Staff
Jun 2, 2010, 12:34 PMCopy/paste has been around forever and there is nothing we can do about that. An opt-out would falsely imply that your content is safe and we cannot say that.
QuickPress has been a feature of WordPress since 2005 and that is very similar. So again that basic functionality has been around since before this site started.
Blogs that are external to wordpress,com and which take content we advise as far as we can about how to get them closed.
Blogs inside wordpress.com that take content either completely or repeatedly from other blogs anywhere get shut.
Blogs that suddenly sprout up here purely to reblog will get looked at. Our stance that blogs should consist of mainly original content does not change. <<As on this site I am having the problem with I have seen nothing but reblogged stuff and no personal content at all, maybe it can be ‘looked at’? His making himself my follower as the only reaction to my request to remove my post does not feel good…
I can give you the URL if you think someone will check this out…
Grts
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As on this site I am having the problem with I have seen nothing but reblogged stuff and no personal content at all, maybe it can be ‘looked at’?
Blogs that contain nothing but reblogs and no original content at all ought to be made private. Report the blog. Go to the blog and on the dropdown menu on the left hand side of your Admin bar click “Report this Content”. When the form opens complete it and then click “submit”.
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Sorry Timethief,
I’m back with a practical problem this time. I cannot see anything underneath the form to submit it – there is only ‘cancel’… Help please? :-)
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This is what you see:
Report content to WordPress.com staffWhy are you reporting this?
_This content is spam
_This content should be marked as mature
_This content is abusive
_This content promotes self-harm/suicide
-This content infringes upon my copyrightUntil you select one of those items the “continue” button will not be become active so you will not be able to click through to complete the form.
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I did that… I selected ‘abusive’ as that seemed to fit best with the mention of ‘terms of service’, I filled in the description but still have underneath that ‘cancel’ as the only option.
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http://en.wordpress.com/abuse/
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Thanks again! It seems my Firefox 20.0.1 needed an update to 21… got it now… Will remember that one! :-)
Grts
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