I forgot to add: the ppl doing the outreach tend to be low-level employees who get a lot of verbal abuse from strangers, esp if they copy/paste the phrasing required by their legal dept. like customer service or call center staff, if their company sucks, pls don’t take it out on them - ThreadSky

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mc2x.bsky.social • 252 days ago

I forgot to add: the ppl doing the outreach tend to be low-level employees who get a lot of verbal abuse from strangers, esp if they copy/paste the phrasing required by their legal dept. like customer service or call center staff, if their company sucks, pls don’t take it out on them

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mc2x.bsky.social•252 days ago

less ethical outlets don’t ask permission at all before using someone else’s content, even if that person is a professional or if the video is from a traumatic experience.

Photographers have the right to say no or attach conditions. If you don’t ask, you’re taking that right away

mc2x.bsky.social•252 days ago

Example: asking permission to share images of deceased loved ones feels fucking ghoulish. So intrusive. This one time a baby died in a natural disaster and lots of news coverage used a pic of her in the hospital, taken from her dad’s social media without permission.

mc2x.bsky.social•252 days ago

When someone spoke to him, he provided an earlier portrait of her with a colorful outfit and an angelic smile. He also said not to use the one from the hospital bc that’s not how they want to remember her.

mc2x.bsky.social•252 days ago

I still feel rage when I think of all the outlets that used a pic of her injured and frightened, against the wishes of her grieving family, bc they were either too lazy to have a conversation, or didn’t want to risk being told no.

mc2x.bsky.social•252 days ago

So please don’t yell at the entry-level employee who has to ask for that permission. Feel free to say no to their terms, or say no on principle, but they’re just trying to do a thankless job

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