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• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Hmm, I’ve never seen that unless it’s nsfw

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  • Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s old internet etiquette. I think the point is that hotlinking asks someone else to serve content without giving them traffic, if that makes sense.

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    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Does Randall putting “Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding)” directly below each comic on the xkcd site count as permission?

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      • Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        lol I forgot he does that! And yes definitely.

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  • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It actually gets funnier than etiquette like the old poster mentioned. Some folks got pissed enough from people doing it that they would replace the images with goatse.

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