Credit Where Credit is Due: The Dangers of Social Media Sharing

January 16, 2014 by Taylor Studios in Other

Whether we’re clicking through a list on , browsing articles on or pinning on , everything we interact with online has an original source. And unfortunately, that source is not always given proper credit. This is a problem for two main reasons:

Are you crediting the sources you utilize? In contrast, what are you doing to insure your images and information are being credited back to you? Consider adding a watermark to your images or direct links back to posts. Even better, make it easy for your posts to be shared directly from you by adding post icons for popular social media sharing sites such as , , and . You never know what connections may be made!