Fuck you, Tumblr, and your sense of entitlement, too! (Reblogged from "Is Nick Denton finally almost acknowledging that Gawker gets 99% of their content from Tumblr?")
This would be example #4523485024 of stuff we had days before Gawker tried to fill their pages when they don’t have enough smack about Julia to dig up. This is one of the first times that they cite it—although only giving credit to the flickr not to the fact that it was on Tumblr. Why won’t Gawker acknowledge that they take content from Tumblr users? Don’t we all deserve credit for things we share/discover?because then nick would have to actually pay us.
You people are retarded, first off this whole Tumblr thing is a New York CV, NNN, Gawker circle jerk, most of you friend me because you want to be my friend in real life, I’m flattered and I follow you back, read your stuff and send stuff to tips.
And now you’re claiming we’re stealing you Tumblr content? Like really? Did you do the fountain artwork? No? Oh you just saw it was some funny creative thing something did and you clicked a single ‘reblog’ button and now you want credit on Gawker? Oh man, why didn’t I get credit for sending it to tips? Here’s what you whiney people can do, I put it in a list and if I see it on Gawker they better pay me:
1. Kiss my ass
2. Defriend me you whiney bitches
3. If you don’t like people “taking” your work get the fuck off the internet
WORD. Wo-to the motherfucking-rd. Do you people not get it?
Blakely, J-Del, etc. They’re on here because - yes, you get a wee bit - besides being a fun platform, it’s a quick way to get ahold of the memes that become newsworthy. However. How-the fuck-ever. You know what’s a better communication medium than Tumblr? Gawker Media.* Because it reaches more people; because the writing is better; because they have the skill that it takes to aggregate what other people want to read.
So just because you might have read it first in your feed …doesn’t mean, um, shit. Because there were 54 other items that you’ve talked about, discussed, read, and re-read today…that haven’t appeared in your feed.
Finally, think you’re hot shit? You can now submit a story to them. Do your homework, and get over that petty sense of entitlement. You fucking faux-bloggers.
*Or read YM. Fuckers.