Poll: Vid Permissions

[thefourthvine]

Recently, I have been doing some codeine-enhanced pondering of vids - specifically, linking to them or recommending them, and how we do that, and how we get permission to do that. (This was inspired by a discussion with someone, but I won't be mentioning her name unless she indicates that she wants me to.) Because in media fandom, my understanding is that fannish etiquette requires you to ask permission before you link to or recommend a vid. But I could be wrong. I have yet to get my hands on miss_manners161's Guide to Fannish Etiquette. That thing is so damned hard to find.

So, in the absence of a definitive ruling, I thought I'd ask vidders.

There aren't, however, a lot of vidders reading this LJ, I don't think. And I'd like to get responses from as wide a cross-section of the vid-making community as possible. So, if you are a vidder (or, as AMV people put it, editor) - or if you aren't, but a lot of vidders read your LJ, or if you have the password to the Secret Clubhouse where all the cool vidkids hang out - could you please link to or pimp this? Great would be my joy and appreciation.

Obviously, only those with LJ accounts can take this poll, but anyone can comment anonymously. (Or, heck, email me if you like - thefourthvine at livejournal dot com will find me.)

And, just to repeat: this poll is for those who have vidded only. There will be a poll for non-vidders, though, coming soon.

[Poll #796561]

Comments

[barkley.livejournal.com]

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.)

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

So I password protect to keep out of searches and to prevent lazy direct linkers.

I have always wondered why you password protect, given that your password is possibly the easiest to suss out in the entire history of passwords (I didn't ever email you for the password, because I knew it off the top of my head from the hint on the entry page) and is often given right next to the link. And now I know. Mystery of the faniverse solved!

In retrospect, I suppose I should've just asked. Would've been easier. (Yet more proof that making things harder than they have to be is pretty much my SOP.)

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.

*stares*

As bandwidth limits go, that one is downright sexy. I am impressed.