hey let me source that for you

please respect gifmakers >>about<<

[letmesourcethatforyou]

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[letmesourcethatforyou]

A new fad in improperly crediting posts: PUTTING THE CREDIT AS THE TAG YOU FIND THE GIF IN. How can you find the post in that tag and then not actually credit it? @kin-arcade try harder

dear jesus thats incredibly unhelpful holy fuck

@kin-arcade please.... stop pissing in my lawn. if you have the energy to link a fucking tumblr tag you have the energy to actually link the orignal post lmfao.

[letmesourcethatforyou]

I don't think putting credits in the captions is actually crediting bc I have never actually seen a url pop up under the picture/gif. Thoughts?

Eh? If it shows up on your dashboard or on certain themes you'll see it, but it's very glitchy so it's not my absolute fav. I like it better than putting credits in the tags, tho. Tag crediting is my least favorite and probably most performative way to credit. It's more of a gesture than a point in the direction of the op cuz if the person doesn't number the tags (like #1 is glitteringstardust, #2 is whomever) it doesn't help at all.

[letmesourcethatforyou]

Madamstims doesn't source their boards

sourcing a few of their boards rn

[flufffangs-inactive]

stimboard for @mtndewdreams and his boyfriend! i hope it’s good ^^”

[letmesourcethatforyou]

EDIT: u source most of ur boards but this one wasn’t sourced. here’s your sources:

[x] [x] [x] [-]  [-] [x] [x] [x] [x]

[letmesourcethatforyou]

I'm an artist and honestly thank god this blog exists. Anything creative should be sourced! Not sourcing just makes it look like you're trying to look cool like "I made this!!!" When in reality u... just put a photo set together...????

yeah.... it’s lame and it makes you look like a jerk. glad u appreciate the blog tho!

[letmesourcethatforyou]

sorry to bother you but could you help source this for me? i tried to find it myself but i couldn’t find anything

i actually can’t find that gif. im 100% sure it was in a Sweetie Belle stimboard but i think the op deactivated because i can’t find it ANYWHERE!!!

[letmesourcethatforyou]

Btw sorry for not updating often, I'm going thru a bit of stress with my graduation and honestly I'm barely able to update my regular stim blog so just wait a few weeks and we'll be updating again!!

[letmesourcethatforyou]

Uh hey, I'm a part of a stim blog where the other mods don't source stims. I'm putting it among myself to look for the sources for each stimblog but I can't find some no matter if I go through entire tag results or reverse google search. What should I do and if you'd be open to help??

we could defs help!!!!! submit us the gif and we’ll provide the source!

[letmesourcethatforyou]

I'm that blog from a while ago that went back and sourced everything. I finally finished! It was exhausting but not nearly as exhausting as the people who make the gifs.

congrats on finishing!

[letmesourcethatforyou]

hey so you have @tropicalslimes on the wall of shame for not sourcing but like... all of her posts are embedded from instagram like at the top it literally has the account the post is from. Isn't that sourcing-ish? I'm not trying to be argumentative I swear I'm just curious :) I love what you guys do on this blog. It's important for creators to be properly credited!!!

hey anon!

tropicalslimes should’ve been taken down already, but they were up there because used to repost gifs, not just post videos. embedding from instagram isn’t any criteria to be on there and they already stopped reposting. thanks for telling us!

[letmesourcethatforyou]

moodboardlgbt reposts images without credit but asks for credit if their boards are reposted

that’s... fucking ridiculous.... we don’t do images but that’s just ridiculous. @moodboardlgbt what the hell lmfao actually credit your images

[letmesourcethatforyou]

Stimmystuffs should be on the wall of shame imo. They don't make stimboards that often but the do. upload videos from instagram without giving the creators credit in the description. They used to give credit in the tags but it's been a while since i saw them do that and it's not really ideal either :/

he always gives credits in the tags unless he’s posting videos because the videos are directly embedded from instagram (meaning their source is insta and it shows up as an insta vid on desktop). i just went into his gifs tag and literally all of them have credits in the tags. it’s not as ideal as a direct link but like... it’s there. the only iffy thing is when he makes stimboards he just says “gifs by me” instead of like... the instas they came from. but thats not even that bad bcuz it’s not hard to find the gifs.

[letmesourcethatforyou]

Gif making is fairly simple for me (i use a website i can just put screen recordings in and then edit the size of the gif) but guess what? I still source other peoples gifs! Its not that hard! I know that they put a lot more effort into their gifs! Like jfc its not that hard just keep a god damn google doc or keep the tabs open in multiple tabs jUST PLEASE SOURCE YOUR SHIT

yeah lmao! most of the mods here (including me) are gifmakers and i know that i can spend a long time editing the frames, stabilizing, or adding effects, so it just feels like a slap in the face when my gifs aren’t credited. it’s super easy to credit and if you hate crediting so much just make the damn gif yourself! crediting the gifmaker is acknowledging that a person spent time putting a video into a format usable for boards. it’s polite and it’s necessary.

[stimkins]

Twilight Sparkle Stimboard!!

[wartortlestims]

This is great but it still needs sources!

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I started my stim blog a while ago and didn't know sourcing was a thing and now I closed requests and I'm going back and sourcing! Thanks so much for the help! And btw is reblogging stimboards without sources a bad thing? Should I go back and delete them from my blog? Much love!

hey! thats really good of you ily2 that’s like.. super good!!! but yes reblogging boards without sources isn’t really the best, most (if not all) of us have stopped doing that because it just rewards users for stealing content. you don’t have to delete them, but just keep an eye out!

[letmesourcethatforyou]

hey can you please source user p/ocketville 's stimboards?? i tried to tell them to source them but they were like "why does it matter lawl uwu"

yeah, we’ll eventually get to it. we all are quite busy though running other blogs and dealing with life in general.

if you want, you could help source them and then @ us in the post. we’ll reblog it to get the word out. it’ll help us out a lot!