people need to be realistic, nothing is 'safe' on the internet.
and as i said before, the couple can try their best not to let their pictures get all around the internet, but what about all the guests with cameras that will take pictures? they might not even have any bad intention, just putting pictures of the event on their own facebook for their own friends and you can't guarantee that they have the same privacy restrictions as you.
it's all very well saying this is wrong and *that *is wrong but that's not gonna stop people that don't know you. if a person really feels so strongly on the issue and doesn't want random people to see their pictures, they have to accept that they would have to go a lot further to ensure it doesn't happen.
and the thing i hate most is when people say things like "can i see more pics, how much was it, how much was the cost of this, how much would something like this cost." ITS SO TACKY PEOPLE
unless you specifically have the legal copyrights to your pictures, i think anything posted online is considered public domain. this means, you don't have rights over it any longer- its a free for all. so yeah, while at GS, we can request people ask permission, no one actually needs to ask permission... its a courtesy.
if you don't want your pictures online, don't put them online. and if you do, make sure you know your privacy settings and also come to terms with the fact that even despite privacy, some of your pics will end up in places like GS and other forums -- you can't control who does what to your pictures.
Okay, girls, please be VERY careful about posting your personal pictures here. Just a few hours ago, some of us saw websites that have guppans' wedding pictures on them and public sites. The sad part was that there were pictures of a guppan who's a hijabi and had requested over and over for people to not save or share her picture. It's sad that despite of requests, people still don't hesitate before posting personal pictures like this. If you're comfortable with it then it's a different thing but if you're one of those who does not want their wedding photos to be on some unknown person's website or personal blog then be extremely careful before displaying them here.
posting pics with black squares over the bride's head doesnt seem like such a bad idea...nobody needs to see the bride's face to get an idea of what the dress looks like and then pm'ing people pics might be better. if im not wrong, cant people just see these pics with a google search or do you have to be a member of gupshup?
The point is maybe she doesnt want her body displayed either --and thats her decision to make, not anyone else's. I know I would totally not be okay with someone putting my private pictures up for everyone to see, even if they blacked my face out
i actually have my pics copyrighted, so im trying to find out legality of what this girl has done, despite me posting them on here etc\
i thought most guppies were loyal and wanted to see pics for advice etc but the girl who has posted them obviously has other things in mind. she is so sad she has one of PF's 'after wedding pics' when she is opening some tablets, i mean what the hell!
and the thing i hate most is when people say things like "can i see more pics, how much was it, how much was the cost of this, how much would something like this cost." ITS SO TACKY PEOPLE
i disagree...asking somebody directly how much an outfit costs is rude, maybe asking for more pics is annoying, but asking somebody the range of an outfit (or 'how much would something like this cost?') isn't tacky. a lot of people come here to get advice about wedding shopping and especially people who arent familiar with shopping in pakistan might want to know what they can get within a certain budget and framing the question in that way allows you to say something like "between 3 and 5 thousand USD," for example, without telling anyone the exact price. i especially dont see the big deal if it wasn't your personal wedding outfit. thats my own opinion of course.
lets be real...if somebody wants to find out what another girl paid for a designer outfit, it would be a matter of simply emailing the designer or visiting them and asking. telling somebody on gupshup is just a favor or a really nice thing to do to help them avoid the trouble it would take to find out that way. and as always, there is no obligation to tell anyone the price and people take silence as a hint anyways.
I would recomended GS site owners to make it possible for people not to copy pictures from other threads. It's technically possible - so why not do it.
Pictures are very private - it's one thing to glance over someone's wedding album - another to copy it and edit/ehance/enlarge it. That's just plain wrong.
I'll e-mail the contact us team and see if they can make it technically possible.
^see, this won't stop anyone that really wants to save an image to use it again later. it's not exactly hard to take a screenprint of what you are looking at.
i sound like a broken record but the only way to ensure your pictures do not find themselves around the internet are to not put them on the net in any way in the first place.
also, i find it pretty annoying that some people are posting copyrighted flickr pictures (etc) on GS. in this case, you KNOW the pictures are copyrighted, so link to them so that the author gets their due credit.
^^Yes and that's why we are telling everyone here to be CAREFUL with their pictures and to THINK before posting them here because chances are, they will be saved or passed around.
it looks as though she has removed the fashion section on that forum, i cannot see my barat walima pics and the links dont seem to be working? have u guys tried to see if she has shay, pf, sgc?
Im sick of girls requestiing pics to be taken off cuz "its their cousins, sisters, friends, acquaintances".........most of these girls have posted pictures of models or other brides but wen sumone posted pics of their relatives or friends they want them taken off? if those pics r circulating on net, and are relevant to the topic being discussed i dont think they shud be requesting those pics to be "taken off".............because its their cousins shadi pic, or mehandi pic or watever....thats just my opionion..i posted my pic and later relaized i dont want it online so i requested mods to take it off...its another thing if the owner of the pic comes and says hey take my pic off please..
im sure u would think differently if they were pics of ur family members and someone had posted them else where etc, its easy to judge when ur not in that position, but u were also concerned in the bridal threads that ur pics were being 'quoted' etc on continuous pages.....its near enuff the same thing. u dont want ppl quoting ur pics as much as other do not want others to post elsewhere in other social network sights.