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Reading RiRi Williams / Iron Man controversy & extra discomfort: pieces that criticize (rightfully) the cover but use it as a featured img.On twitter.com
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Of course, image is vital to the discussion inside most pieces, but isn't using an image you disagree w/as ad on social repeating the sin?Permalink On twitter.com
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Like: I agree w/everything in this article, but to share it with you is it repeating original sin under discussion? hitfix.com/harpy/an-iron-man-cover-is-the-latest-example-of-why-pinup-artists-shouldnt-draw-teenagersPermalink On twitter.com
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Marvel is 100% shitty for trying to make money off this img but by making it the share image of a monetized article, you just did the same?Permalink On twitter.com
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I feel like we need to have a real discussion about the ethics of social shares as their own pieces of content in general.Permalink On twitter.com
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This is even worse in cases where the social share image ends up being a beheading or dead on the streets, which has happened in the past.Permalink On twitter.com
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Sometimes it is b/c we don't think about what it is we're doing, & other times because we do and we're not considering the ethical componentPermalink On twitter.com
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Diluting discussions of share cards to 'is it clickbait?' misses so many points. The problem is not just how purposeful we're being, but whyPermalink On twitter.com
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This shit matters, and not just because it gets people to read your article, but because it lives in an independent context in social sites.Permalink On twitter.com
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Some people may never see more of your article than the share card & may interact and reshare it anyway. It doesn't have to just capture...Permalink On twitter.com
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... your share card has to stand up to the same ethics of journalism and your internal standards that your article does.Permalink On twitter.com
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We really need to think about this in public and really need to be more purposeful in our implementations.Permalink On twitter.com
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PS: You know where else this really bothers me? Photos of victims of sexual assault used as featured images/share card images.Permalink On twitter.com
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It doesn't matter if the victim has made the decision to be public and given you her photo... still, this is bad ethics on sites' partPermalink On twitter.com
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