Facebook is the office cubicle of many independent business people. As such one sees over the course of the day all kinds of water cooler talk, marketing ploys, gossip, and occasionally gets to eavesdrop on two lovers letting each other know how they feel. I witnessed a new phenomenon this week. One that hadn’t occurred to me previously.
Deviously tagging well connected photographers in images that they are not in or did not take.
Bambi Cantrell, the victim tagged made it abundantly clear that she did not appreciate being tagged. From the comments on her response it is clear that this isn’t the first time this has happened. Commenters were complaining of being tagged themselves, some of them in images that they were actually in, but felt that the tagger hadn’t had the right to do so. Being that Facebook is such a tremendously valuable marketing and networking asset you need to consider every move you make. Sure it’s lots of fun to be “friends” with famous people, but you aren’t going to stay their friend if you abuse the privilege.
The same goes for your clients. Understand that some of your clients who are in the photos might not want them tagged with their profile link. Sure, they are your images, you own the copyright, but showing your clients respect by getting permission before you tag them is not as much of a hassle as cleaning up the mess after you have ticked someone off. People love telling ugly stories. Look at me, I’m telling one now.
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Also, don’t forget that if YOU are the victim then you can simply ‘untag’ yourself from the photo in question.
I see this a lot with the few “well connected” photographers I follow on FB. I agree that it’s a really lame way to get people to look at your photos.
Going along w/ that is the numerous of invitations to their “fan” pages. Inviting me once is ok but to do it repeated even after you ignore them is not cool.
Easy solution: Don’t let people tag you. Or don’t use facebook.
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