Comments on: Hi, Welcome to the Internet

By: hmw

hmw — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:09:09 +0000

Geez, Joelle…..don’t you know by now that people *LIKE* it in their nothing-bad-can-ever-happen bubbles? I’m paranoid anyway so I always kept my daughters photos private on flickr, unless – I admit it – they were from a distance and/or you couldn’t make out her face……over the summer, though….I just had to make them all private, it bugged me too much, too many weirdos around :-\ Not to be a snot or anything – and I’m very sorry that the whole thing is happening – it just seems to me that this is another case of parents wanting the rest of the world to be responsible for their children.

By: Joelle

Joelle — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:58:03 +0000

@Bec: Amen, sister!

By: Bec

Bec — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:36:05 +0000

I’ve actually been debating this kind of thing amongst myselves, do I allow photos of my daughter to be publicly viewed or do I keep them to friends and family only? Like the first commenter I have a lot of family who live interstate and would like to view her photos but don’t want to create a flickr account. In the end I decided to allow public viewing, though I’m changing my mind.

I wholeheartedly agree with you by the way. When you become an adult you get to make choices and understand that those choices have consequences. If you don’t like the consequences don’t do something.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:01:13 +0000

That’s exactly why I do not put photos of my son on my site.

By: Joelle

Joelle — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:40:03 +0000

Also, when you’re a Jet, you’re Jet all the way. *sashay*

By: Joelle

Joelle — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:38:49 +0000

@Nat: i know that Flickr is a community and I also have lots of friends on flickr. It’s not that I don’t understand that they want their friends to help them. I get that. I totally get that it’s a way to rally around, I just don’t agree with this particular tactic. I like Flickr, too. I spend time there, too and maybe I’m not as popular or as involved in the photography experience as some, but I do appreciate that it’s a community. I appreciate that.

My real issue is that many people seem to have this deluded perception that because it’s the internet, nothing bad should happen, that the basics of general society don’t apply.

You know what i mean? It’s not that I begrudge them their right to get rootin’ tootin’ hoppin’ angry. Riot in the streets if they want… go to town. Get Yosemite Sam on their asses. But no one is forcing them to choose “public”.

If the subject matter were anything but kids, I’d be right there with them. Flowers? Chickens? Nudity? Garden Gnomes? Nude Garden Gnomes? Fine. I totally think that no one should ever have their photos stolen. But in my opinion, the protection of my own child should supercede whatever I think is fair. I don’t deny them the fight… I personally just feel priorities are a little skewed.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:49:47 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. My kid’s pictures on Flickr are F & F only – not that that makes them 100% safe but it makes me feel better knowing that a tiny subset of the Flickr/internet community has access to images of my daughter.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:36:09 +0000

Joelle, I got the impression that the “turf war” type comments were meant to inspire action. Flickr is a community–I’ve got plenty of friends on flickr and feel as involved in the site as many others do with social networking sites. If you can bank on that sense of “these are my friends” to get people’s asses moving, then why wouldn’t you? I mean, I get your “West Side Story” analogy (made me laugh out loud), but if I were in the position to rally my contacts up about my cause, I’d probably do the same thing.

By: Deltus

Deltus — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:14:20 +0000

Besides which, that kid is as Vanilla as they come. Ain’t no Chocolate in that blonde girls’ ancestry at all.

By: Joelle

Joelle — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:38:27 +0000

@Kathy: I knew you were going to do that. LOL!