It’s another day for exciting updates on Threads and now the social media giant is rolling out an innovative means of sharing media. This includes providing the creator with due credit.
The example shared regarding this feature showed how the latest process gives users full control to share pictures or videos from others’ posts. The shared material will feature the creator’s name at the top left-hand side and another resharing count for that media in particular.
Users can action the entire process by simply clicking on the media element with a long press or by clicking on the icon for reposting content. After that, users can select the option to use media and create their own posts using the visual material.
Creators will get the chance to turn this option off through the settings if they don’t it to come into play. If restrictions are put, it would apply to future posts only and not to any content already uploaded through the platform.
We think this is a great and unique way to help users reshare material while providing credit to the actual creator. This is in opposition to cutting and pasting it to users’ accounts. We’re already well aware that some users will be doing that to get more credit and enhance metrics. At the end of the day, you cannot help users with sharing less material but this will provide a way for users to share more while respecting the creator as compared to ripping the content altogether.
It might also give rise to a new standard for content sharing. For instance, if someone ends up ripping off another person’s content through this process, people could start naming and shaming them. So it would motivate them to share through this method instead. It’s just a better and more responsible means for sharing material online.
The only drawback that we see right now is that clicking does not enable backlinking to the real creator’s account or content. It’s a negative aspect for publishers. So users could share article headlines but it doesn’t link that back to the real post. We’re sure artists would want to attain traffic through this process as compared to watermarked credits. Still, something is better than nothing and it could be the gateway to more advanced mechanics soon.
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The example shared regarding this feature showed how the latest process gives users full control to share pictures or videos from others’ posts. The shared material will feature the creator’s name at the top left-hand side and another resharing count for that media in particular.
Users can action the entire process by simply clicking on the media element with a long press or by clicking on the icon for reposting content. After that, users can select the option to use media and create their own posts using the visual material.
Creators will get the chance to turn this option off through the settings if they don’t it to come into play. If restrictions are put, it would apply to future posts only and not to any content already uploaded through the platform.
We think this is a great and unique way to help users reshare material while providing credit to the actual creator. This is in opposition to cutting and pasting it to users’ accounts. We’re already well aware that some users will be doing that to get more credit and enhance metrics. At the end of the day, you cannot help users with sharing less material but this will provide a way for users to share more while respecting the creator as compared to ripping the content altogether.
It might also give rise to a new standard for content sharing. For instance, if someone ends up ripping off another person’s content through this process, people could start naming and shaming them. So it would motivate them to share through this method instead. It’s just a better and more responsible means for sharing material online.
The only drawback that we see right now is that clicking does not enable backlinking to the real creator’s account or content. It’s a negative aspect for publishers. So users could share article headlines but it doesn’t link that back to the real post. We’re sure artists would want to attain traffic through this process as compared to watermarked credits. Still, something is better than nothing and it could be the gateway to more advanced mechanics soon.
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