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LINKwithlove.

Linkwithlove

Hopefully you've heard already about the new LINKwithlove intitive. This project was the brainchild of Kal Barteski after one of her rad art pieces was hijacked & misused too many times to count.

Out of a negative experience came something pretty awesome and I was honored when Kal asked me to help get the movement off the ground. This project is about being pro-active. About being supportive. About fostering a creative environment. About sharing links with respect. And of course, about linking with love.

I think it's easy to get caught up the in magic that is information sharing online and forget that every single image, song, story, blog post, art piece and photo has a creator. Once about a time, someone spent time, effort and money coming up with an idea and putting it online. LINKwithlove celebrates the original creator and hopes to build awareness about content credit.

You can read more about what Kal has to say here. You can learn more about LINKwithlove.org here. And if you want to join the movement, please grab a badge for your blog, follow @linkwithlove on twitter and like LINKwithlove on facebook.

Happy weekend. Thanks for reading. xo, elise

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3 responses to “LINKwithlove.”

  1. Kelly Cree Avatar
    Kelly Cree

    …wonder if she could develop some sort of a tiny icon of the “linked with love” graphic that could be placed each time one of it’s supporters actually links an item with its original creator….not sure how that could happen but seems like a great way to show support of the actual artist as well as the concept of linking in a “loving” way!

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  2. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    hi Kelly, thats an interesting thought. I can pass it on. Personally, I think adding it might just be another step. We dont want to make more work… but putting the badge on a blog sidebar is a good way to link to the project and show your support. 🙂

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    france

    thanks for posting this. I bought one of her mini bus rolls and I’m about to get another…there is so much content out there and sometimes it can be so hard to track down the original source, but to be aware and to participate in this sort of thing is a great start. The generosity of the internet community has been such that I have never known in person and I would hate for that to end simply because people fail to give credit where credit is due.

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