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Paul Crowley ([personal profile] ciphergoth) wrote2002-10-14 01:11 pm

Referrer blocking images

I'm finding that quite a few people are linking directly to images on http://www.ciphergoth.org/ and none of them have asked first. I'm tempted to institute referrer blocking, so that if an image is embedded in a page not my own, an alternate image is displayed: probably one containing a URL which links to a page explaining what I've done and why.

What do people think? Is referrer blocking a Bad Thing? Is there a better way to do it? I'd be happy to make exceptions for pretty much anyone who asks, but I don't like the way people don't ask first.

Update: I'll probably use the instructions from the LiveJournal FAQ instead of that module...

Go for it

[identity profile] ukfetish.livejournal.com 2002-10-14 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
I would never direct-link to an image on someone else's server without asking permission - I think doing so is quite commonly known to be a fairly rude thing to do.

Directing people to an explanation is a good idea - if I happened to run across a page that contained such an image/url/explanation trail I would then follow it through to contacting the site admin and asking why they'd direct-linked you without asking...

Regards,
Denny