About earlier “Reblog This If…Original Source” post

I hope sometime soon tumblr will add features so you can respond directly to notes and comments. And since I don’t know how else to clear something up, here’s a note about my earlier REBLOG This If post: 

Seeing all the comments on this, I think there was some confusion about what I meant and probably because of my choice of wording. When I say “original source,” I’m not referring to the tumblr user that supposedly blogged about a piece of content first so they get the credit. I mean providing the name or a link to the artist, writer, or originator of the content, versus completely extracting it from where it came from. It’s frustrating when I see a beautiful photograph, quotation, illustration, etc. and don’t know where to find more information. And I know that sometimes you don’t know where something originated or who created it, and in those cases the omission is understandable. And there are times that posts are purely in the name of good fun. But when appropriate I hope more bloggers will elevate their level of blogging etiquette. Didn’t mean to offend anyone, that was not my intention.

Wow, I guess I’m officially a tumblr user now. This system is quite addictive. Thanks to everyone for your notes. Hope everyone has been having a wonderful holiday. And to the people that started up the response graphic to my post, I had a good laugh.