One of the biggest issues that photo and social media experts have been clamoring for from Pinterest, the latest social media network that has at its core a visual element, is a proper attribution with photos and graphics.
The fear is that people will pin an image on Pinterest, the attribute to the photographer will not be well represented, and after a couple of repins and likes, the origins of the image is completely lost.
The amount of money that is in photography and design work makes this need an essential for Pinterest to continue to survive.
Flickr has come along side Pinterest to improve the attributes of photos shared on Pinterest from its site. Here is a short quib from Flickr’s blog:
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