Comments on: Promoting Creative Commons through a tweaked Facebook meme

By: Eszter Hargittai

Eszter Hargittai — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:32:26 +0000

kiwi – did Mike’s site get overwhelmed? Just now it seems to be working. I couldn’t come up with an alternative, I’m afraid. I guess one could go the original route and then pick the first that is CC-licensed, but that seems rather tedious.

Barry – I personally prefer more serene pictures on Flickr. That said, as noted above, HH has delighted us long enough.

By: agm

agm — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:31:02 +0000

I don’t really use flickr much anymore, but I chose immediately to make all my stuff cc (non-commercial flavor) exactly so people could enjoy them as they wish (for the most part).

By: kiwi

kiwi — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:46:05 +0000

Hooray! I’m glad I’m not the only one who had this moral/ethical issue. I have all my photos on flickr under a CC-license, and it always sortof bugs me when people take my pictures w/o attribution, and I can imagine people who don’t CC-license their photos might be even more irritated!

Unfortunately, it seems Mike Lietz’s site is having some issues. Now what!!??

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:38:55 +0000

Will people forgive me if I take HH out, slice him into many decorative slices, and post the pictures on Flickr?

By: Mirka

Mirka — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:36:16 +0000

Thanks for posting this Eszter. Someone tagged me in that today and I had the exact same thought, and went searching for a way to find CC-licensed photos. Your post pointed me to Mike’s page, and I really appreciate it!

By: HankP

HankP — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:27:29 +0000

Route 404 – to music, and silence

http://www.theforvm.org/files/route404.jpg

Serendipity?

By: John Quiggin

John Quiggin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:20:06 +0000

As Mr Bennet said on a similar occasion, you’ve delighted us quite long enough, HH.

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:10:14 +0000

When I, Magneto, am elected WORLD DICTATOR BY PUBLIC ACCLAMATION, academics will be FORBIDDEN from using the Internet for ‘fun.’ Instead, I will have them WELDED TO THEIR COMPUTER DESKS and fitted with MANDATORY EYEBALL CLAMPS AND BRAIN WAVE MONITORS to ensure that they do not deviate from the task of EXPLICATING AND FURTHER RESEARCHING CHAIRMAN MAGNETO THOUGHT for ONE SOLITARY MILLISECOND.

By: HH

HH — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:43:25 +0000

This meta-meme is ripe for exploitation for Eszter’s CT blog posts. Indeed, an Eszterbot could be programmed to post here with an appropriate balance of whimsey, randomness, and insouciance to keep us mildly titillated, while freeing Professional Eszter to pursue important work in important settings frequented by important people.

The trivialization of blogging is vital to safeguarding the primacy of traditional scholarly machinery. To use the Internet to directly conduct the fundamental work of research, teaching, and scholarly association would be to make the ancillary primary, and thus would be a heretical breach of conventional practice. Thus, the Trivial Eszterbot would be a great aid in maintaining the proper place of the CT blog as a cheery adjunct to the faculty lounge.

By: praisegod barebones

praisegod barebones — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:42:25 +0000

Refugee Status Appeals Authority – That of A Mere Adult

http://flickr.com/photos/myr_mariocassanenc/3296891643/sizes/m/

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:38:25 +0000

Alas, I am fooling around enough already. But yeah, I wouldn’t have posted it otherwise. The focus on that rock went nicely with the title.

By: Eszter Hargittai

Eszter Hargittai — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:36:05 +0000

RB, I wish you would’ve edited it all together. That could be interesting, the theme works.

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:19:59 +0000

Hyman Amberg – Nothing Ever Goes Away

http://flickr.com/photos/30685567@N03/3299123796/

By: Eszter Hargittai

Eszter Hargittai — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:13:19 +0000

Would be curious to see other people’s so please don’t be shy to post a link (or send me a link or copy).

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:42:09 +0000

Yep, I loved mine too, and it made me realise I’ve pretty much forgotten how to use photoshop. fun meme.