an open letter to Flickr users
Dear Flickr pals,
Because I am a wizened OLD blogger I feel the need to dispense with the occasional bits of incredibly useful knowledge.
While I certainly do not expect everyone to be as, um, paranoid as I am about photographs of their children, I do wonder if you people realize that photos on Flickr can be locked so that the public cannot see them.
See this precisely cropped photo of me and my pal Irene?
See that little red box?
I made that photo private - so wackos who want to figure out my exact latitude and longitude can't see that photo.
Some of you might want to try this with photos you upload of, say, your wee toddler boy with no pants on. You might not want the whole world to be able to see that photo.
And I'm only saying this as a photo of Middle's left hand ended up on a very strange website.
You know, one of those pervy websites dedicated to people who love teenage hands. You don't know? Maybe that's better.
And see? Here's a photo of my feet, at the auction (you can still make a donation!).
I deemed it appropriate that the photo of my feet at the auction (nagging away at you) be seen by the public. See how that little box is green?
In closing:
Use the little box fellow Flickr users.
Use the little box or wacky people may find you - or worse, that picture of your four year old daughter the day she decided to dance topless in your driveway.
All best,
bb
Because I am a wizened OLD blogger I feel the need to dispense with the occasional bits of incredibly useful knowledge.
While I certainly do not expect everyone to be as, um, paranoid as I am about photographs of their children, I do wonder if you people realize that photos on Flickr can be locked so that the public cannot see them.
See this precisely cropped photo of me and my pal Irene?
See that little red box?
I made that photo private - so wackos who want to figure out my exact latitude and longitude can't see that photo.
Some of you might want to try this with photos you upload of, say, your wee toddler boy with no pants on. You might not want the whole world to be able to see that photo.
And I'm only saying this as a photo of Middle's left hand ended up on a very strange website.
You know, one of those pervy websites dedicated to people who love teenage hands. You don't know? Maybe that's better.
And see? Here's a photo of my feet, at the auction (you can still make a donation!).
I deemed it appropriate that the photo of my feet at the auction (nagging away at you) be seen by the public. See how that little box is green?
In closing:
Use the little box fellow Flickr users.
Use the little box or wacky people may find you - or worse, that picture of your four year old daughter the day she decided to dance topless in your driveway.
All best,
bb
Comments
The hand thing, though -- that's new. Or maybe it's not. I don't want to know.
and bb, you're so right.
xx
Mmmm - off to think a little more re the blog.
I used to post pics of my kid on my blog, but stopped a couple of years ago, removing all the evidence thereof, and locking down my Flickr.
It occurred to me that some wierdo didn't need to be looking at my kid.
Uh... thanks.
Don't ask me how I know,
SL
p.s. this might switch me to Flickr from Picasa.