I want people to link, link, and link away in fannish spaces that aren't googleable. (That's why I have the password protect up in the first place. The robots.txt file doesn't quite work since other spots of my site show up in google. So I password protect to keep out of searches and to prevent lazy direct linkers. I don't like direct links because if it's directly linked in a spot that comes up alot on reload, it will eat up bandwidth.
I don't mind if they ask because then I know and I like to know when people are talking about me. But I link to stories all the time without talking to people and having that as a requirement would deter people, so I'd rather they link to an announcement than to feel they have to ask.
The only time I'd ask is if I'd be linking to something that will bring a big bandwidth drain to someone I know doesn't have a lot to spare. (So far, this doesn't seem to be an issue for me as I've only gone as high as 29 GB in a month, and my limit keeps increasing and is now at 500 GB.)
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I don't mind if they ask because then I know and I like to know when people are talking about me. But I link to stories all the time without talking to people and having that as a requirement would deter people, so I'd rather they link to an announcement than to feel they have to ask.
The only time I'd ask is if I'd be linking to something that will bring a big bandwidth drain to someone I know doesn't have a lot to spare. (So far, this doesn't seem to be an issue for me as I've only gone as high as 29 GB in a month, and my limit keeps increasing and is now at 500 GB.)