This tumblr app allows us to effortlessly share anything whenever we want to, We are able to post text, photos, quotes, videos etc from our mobile phone. Tumblr is more appealing to younger users and most of its users are younger people as compared to other social networks.Users are also able to "reblog" things that they find interesting, basically sharing the post of other people on their feed.
However what some people don't realize is there are consequences with posting pictures and things which we aren't sure are copyrighted or not. It is illegal and tumblr may shut down your account along with everything else you posted. This is what happened to a popular blogger on tumblr as stated in this article .
Therefore it is always important to know the origin of a picture before using it and posting it on sites such as tumblr. Artist and photographers also spend a lot of time capturing this images and it would only be fair to credit them and not post it as our own. In fact we should take our own photos and share the love! Information on how you can post on tumblr safely can be found from this article.
author: Joohijit Kaur (B1203073)
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