So.. how is 'freebooting' different to posting on reddit/HN/imgur/$site ?
You're growing your 'brand' as a poster of interesting/funny things (as seen via Karma), I suppose that as long as these entities don't attempt to claim this media as 'original content', I don't really have a problem.
If anything, attributing to the original creator is as simple as pressing 'share status' on facebook, instead of posting a direct url to the content in question.
edit - I fundamentally misunderstood the term freebooting. Will leave comment intact so replies still make sense, but thank you to child posters for clearing up my misconception.
You're growing your 'brand' as a poster of interesting/funny things (as seen via Karma), I suppose that as long as these entities don't attempt to claim this media as 'original content', I don't really have a problem.
If anything, attributing to the original creator is as simple as pressing 'share status' on facebook, instead of posting a direct url to the content in question.
edit - I fundamentally misunderstood the term freebooting. Will leave comment intact so replies still make sense, but thank you to child posters for clearing up my misconception.