#doyouinspire

[Mark_Thorpe]

Just as an FYI, for all Twitter users. I've started a hashtag #doyouinspire that promotes sharing imagery. Simply upload an image in a tweet, include the hashtag, could be of your camera, production BTS or production stills etc and I then RT that out to over 80k people. It's starting to gain some traction and just a way to get info 'out there'.

Cheers,
Mark.

 

[paulherrin]

That sounds kinda cool... Mark, for me and the other guys around here that are not on Twitter, would you give us a quick run down on what it's all about and why it might be a good thing?

 

[alexwhitmer]

Also not on Twitter. Signed up once, imported my Yahoo contacts, and the next thing I know I'm running scared to contain a virus. Dumped Twitter and the problem was solved.

So, shared images? Always nice to have our work out there. Pops up in places we didn't even know were on the map.

 

[Patrick Tresch]

Just for FYI : If you post images on Tweeter or Facebook you loose your copyrights.

Pat

 

[Phil Holland]

Just for FYI : If you post images on Tweeter or Facebook you loose your copyrights.

Pat

That applies to uploaded content, not linked content last time I checked.

 

[Mark_Thorpe]

Hi guys, this is pretty much intended for the masses, a la Instagram etc. If truth be told my company, liquidmocean, is a small imaging aesthetic based on the island of Bali. We are looking to create a product that will facilitate a certain kind of imagery, in certain conditions and are willing people to share that via #doyouinspire. The imagery can be pretty much anything, the hope is that we are spurring people to turn away from the computer for a short time to get out and do something creative and to then share that. In the hope that this in turn inspires others to get out and document their own defining moments, achievements or surroundings etc.

I understand the issues with copyright uploading etc and am not suggesting that professional imagery makers upload their portfolio's etc. That is a massive debate best left for its own proprietary thread but if you don't post your work online, where do people see it? How do you market your services? Make a movie and it's pirated in days, weeks or months depending on its popularity. It's as damned on your website as it would be on a facebook, twitter, pinterest or Google+ feed. People serious about their imaging protect it as much as they can online with watermarks and low resolutions, but once it's out there nothing protects it from a screen grab!

I'm not suggesting anyone is lax with security issues for their Social Media but the application of a few rules you can avoid the whole spreading and receiving of viruses. I now have over 120k followers over three Twitter accounts and one facebook page and for the past four years have not once had any security issues.

Regards,
Mark.

 

[paulherrin]

i'm not worried about copyright, i give my hi-res frames away. i'd rather give someone a really cool hi-res still than have them 'steal' a crappy version. they're gonna have it anyway... i put it out there for them. the point of an image is to look at it.

anyways, anyone care to tell me about twitter?

 

[paulherrin]

bueller?