• @[email protected]
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    2 months ago

    While true, be advised that some consider it rude to hotlink images without permission

    Edit: as pointed out below, Randall gives permission to hotlink/embed on each comic page.

    • @JohnDClay
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      22 months ago

      Hmm, I’ve never seen that unless it’s nsfw

      • @[email protected]
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        72 months ago

        It’s old internet etiquette. I think the point is that hotlinking asks someone else to serve content without giving them traffic, if that makes sense.

        • threelonmusketeers
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          62 months ago

          Does Randall putting “Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding)” directly below each comic on the xkcd site count as permission?

      • ✺roguetrick✺
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        42 months ago

        It actually gets funnier than etiquette like the old poster mentioned. Some folks got pissed enough from people doing it that they would replace the images with goatse.