Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
Sorry all, maybe a bit of a dull one this, but I thought it about time we got down in black and white what our feelings are toward news aggregation.
It occurred to me that this is probably quite important after first spotting some of Chris Dodkins thoughts being published on scoop.it http://www.realphotographersforum.com/general-discussion/4693-dodkin-scoop.html
You may have noticed that we often post small articles that usually have a picture a small amount of text and a link to an article on another website ... this is effectively news aggregation
If you have a read of our FAQ
You will find that I include a roundabout comment on this as follows:
I have the same feelings toward the news aggregation that we do! If I find a link to something interesting and want to share it with the world via the ezine aspect of this website then why not?
Well, I've read that some people don't like aggregation ...
This is mostly caused by the news being passed off as being created by the site that aggregates it.
With this in mind I want to say two things
Firstly - to our members:
If you wish to post a link to a piece of news please follow these basic guidelines
Always link to the source
Always credit the author
Anything this is a quote must be clearly marked with "quotation marks" or
Also if you can include an image from the source that helps it look interesting when we post it on the ezine
Secondly - to anyone who might have found their content aggregated here:
Anything posted here is done in good faith, we at RPF all like to share interesting things we found around the internet with each other. We also feel that by linking to your content we are in fact doing you a favour...
That said, if you take exception to what we have done please contact me and I will remove it!
For clarification
Real Photographers Forum ezine is both a publisher and aggregation site
All content is manually created by our membership
Content created solely by RPF members can be found in our features section
Content that links to content else where can be found in our links and reference section
Not everything in the links and reference section is aggregated news, much is just links to elsewhere online for reference purposes ... this was one of the reasons behind setting up RPF... to make a useful resource of BOTH onsite content and links to else where!
It occurred to me that this is probably quite important after first spotting some of Chris Dodkins thoughts being published on scoop.it http://www.realphotographersforum.com/general-discussion/4693-dodkin-scoop.html
You may have noticed that we often post small articles that usually have a picture a small amount of text and a link to an article on another website ... this is effectively news aggregation
If you have a read of our FAQ
You will find that I include a roundabout comment on this as follows:
I have the same feelings toward the news aggregation that we do! If I find a link to something interesting and want to share it with the world via the ezine aspect of this website then why not?
Well, I've read that some people don't like aggregation ...
This is mostly caused by the news being passed off as being created by the site that aggregates it.
With this in mind I want to say two things
Firstly - to our members:
If you wish to post a link to a piece of news please follow these basic guidelines
Always link to the source
Always credit the author
Anything this is a quote must be clearly marked with "quotation marks" or
Where possible express your own opinion on what you are linking
Also if you can include an image from the source that helps it look interesting when we post it on the ezine
Secondly - to anyone who might have found their content aggregated here:
Anything posted here is done in good faith, we at RPF all like to share interesting things we found around the internet with each other. We also feel that by linking to your content we are in fact doing you a favour...
That said, if you take exception to what we have done please contact me and I will remove it!
For clarification
Real Photographers Forum ezine is both a publisher and aggregation site
All content is manually created by our membership
Content created solely by RPF members can be found in our features section
Content that links to content else where can be found in our links and reference section
Not everything in the links and reference section is aggregated news, much is just links to elsewhere online for reference purposes ... this was one of the reasons behind setting up RPF... to make a useful resource of BOTH onsite content and links to else where!
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