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Also, the [REBLOG/GING] tag is really useful if you do choose to reblog. Even if it's a fourth degree reblog, it makes it clear from the start that I'm reading reblogged material. It's something that's really easy to forget, but I wish that Booklikes did automatically, to be honest.
I wish they did, too. It is way too easy to lose track of the original post author with the reblogging function.
Maybe one of the update Thursdays will make it easier to track it down?
I try to always include the source in a reblog...that way people can see where it originally came from. There's that nifty source field on the right. :)
Is there? I was wondering how people got that. I... shall attempt to do this from now on as well.
If you originate the post, you can also add yourself as source -- click "preview" before saving and the source url shows on preview page if you delete "?preview" off the end. If you forget and post, right-click date or headline to copy source url then edit the blogpost to add to source field and save.
I'm guilty of doing a lot of reblogging, but it was mostly html and booklikes tips, often so I would have a copy in my own blog list. Others from the GR immigration have been doing the same. The reblogging might slow down now that many of us are settled in.
I think that you are probably right. Also, I understand the desire to make sure that everyone sees a particularly great piece of writing or information - it's a form of flattery really. But my dashboard this morning literally had the same post reblogged like five times, and I don't think that any of them were the original poster. I was never able to figure out who actually wrote the stupid thing (although admittedly, I didn't try that hard).
By liking a post, you'll put it in your timeline to find again. :) Just some scrolling, I suppose.
Actually, I shouldn't have called the post "the stupid thing," as it was a really good post. I was just sort of annoyed at having to scroll and scroll and scroll. :)
Tips directly from booklikes everyone gets or can easily find; but, tips from other booklikers you may not all be friends/followers — I appreciate when those are reblogged. And definitely any summary or collection of good tip links.
Thanks for the heads-up. I was ready to become reblog-happy, I'll try to pay attention.
Is there a way to store something on your own blog without blasting it to all your friends? The one post I reblogged was a list of tutorials, which I thought would be easier to retrieve from my own feed than the rapidly scrolling dashboard. I didn't really think the whole group needed to see it again.
You could probably add it to your browser favorites. The other thing that you could do is "like" it, and it will show up in your timeline for a while at least.
Possibly, you could start to reblog then "save as draft" versus "save" -- or if comfortable with customizing your blog can add a page listing links to some favorite blog posts.
Good point. A page listing tutorial posts would help me—and maybe others, too. I'll think about that. Thanks!
I would SO love the ability to set an automatic page break for X number of lines. And a reblog system that makes it obvious what content is reblogged as well as a link to original author. I'm thinking we'll get at least one of those eventually.
Thanks! I’ll try those.
I'm sorry for being an offender of this. I'm new to blogging & reblogging, & I don't know what I'm really doing. Am I correct in thinking that if a want another blog saved on my page's blog, I have to reblog that blog? I'd like to save this particular blog on my page for reference, but I'm afraid of doing something wrong now. I guess I could just create a folder on my laptop & bookmark the blogs I want. That way I don't have to worry about annoying others. Sorry again for being an annoyance. Thanks for kindly letting a newbie like me know the real deal. The last thing I want to do is tick others off.
@JLC - if you look under your own Timeline in Booklikes you should be able to see all the pages you've Liked. So that's one way of remembering posts you've liked. It's not that you'd be doing anything wrong, it's just that the issue here is more "something is reblogged so many times that we can't tell who originally wrote it." Users are just trying to be careful to remember where the content came from.
@Batgrl: Thank you!! I appreciate the help & guidance! I will make sure I try to link blogs back to the original blogger. I'm also going to make sure I title my reblogs "Reblog from OB...". I'll eventually get the hang of this. Thanks again everyone. Everybody is so nice & helpful here!
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