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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JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 years agoHmm, I’ve never seen that unless it’s nsfw
roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 years 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.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Does Randall putting “Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding)” directly below each comic on the xkcd site count as permission?
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 years ago
lol I forgot he does that! And yes definitely.