I completely support your efforts Serban.It frustrates me to a large degree that so many photographers are terrified of social media. Anyone can steal an image if they want to, and they don't need social media to do it. Just find a website using a l [Read more...] posted in I do not want my images shareable on sites like Pinterest. Please opt me out!

I completely support your efforts Serban.It frustrates me to a large degree that so many photographers are terrified of social media. Anyone can steal an image if they want to, and they don't need social media to do it. Just find a website using a legitimately purchased image, and save it to your hard drive. I can't believe we are protesting watermarked images being shared through social media. We are handcuffing agencies like Dreamstime by not allowing them to compete for attention in social media. Did you know that each time your image gets used at Facebook, Pinterest, etc, it gets a credibility boost inside Google? That leads to higher rankings for your images/portfolio when people type "isolated gold fish" into Google Images search. No, you don't get sales through social media. But you get exposure, which leads to higher Google rankings, which leads to a better chance for sales. If this frightens you, maybe its time to stop selling any type of media over the internet. posted in I do not want my images shareable on sites like Pinterest. Please opt me out!