If a photo is copyrighted, usually it won't have a SHARE button.
But if the photo does have a share button, by copyright law, there is a certain amount of information that has to post when you share it.
Examples:
1 - author of the photo,
2 - the copyright date,
3 - permissions to use
If you don't want or need all of that information because of the way you want to use the photo, then don't use social media SHARE buttons.
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| Don't use SHARE buttons if you don't want extra info about the post to appear on your copy of the picture |
When you use social media SHARE buttons to put any photo on your timeline, in a message or in a group, anyone can see the site where you got the picture, including all the original text and the comments that were on the original photo, and all the comments that appear after you shared it.
If you don't want anyone to know where you got the photo, or if you are asking your own poll question on the photo and you don't want your commenters to blend in with the site's original commenters, then don't SHARE the picture. Copy paste it to your timeline or place of choice, then ask or post anything you want.
By doing a copy paste, you are eliminating the paper trail, so to speak. No one will know where you got the photo and you won't have the charge-back information where your readers can continue to comment on the original site, instead of on your post.
The SHARE button is a very good idea for websites and Pages. It is how websites track WHO shares the information on their site. Typically each site has a watcher who investigates WHERE their site was shared. If they object to what they see on your Share, they can petition to have any post removed, which can take up to 6 months. Original owners are very successful with a complaint. Share-rs, not so much.
Recap of Reasons to NOT Use SHARE Buttons:
1 - Most sites who have SHARE buttons will state in their Terms of Service (you know, that important item that nobody reads): "By using our site, you are allowing us to embed cookies on your device." This is how they know where you came from and if you are a first time visitor or a repeat visitor. They also have trackers and they aren't only tracking you. They are also tracking your users who found their way to their website through your Share. Sort of like a referral system - you shared their site, when your readers click the link to go to their site to read more, that's how the site knows that they came from you - like virtual record keeping.
2 - When you click SHARE on a photo, you are giving the website free publicity because the website's URL (link) will auto-post with the photo. You better make sure it is a site that you support their views. You may not agree with everything on that site, but by SHARING it you are saying that you agree..
3 - When you click SHARE on a photo, WHEN the site changes any of the information on their site - for example, if it originally started out posting recipes with photos and later changed over to being a political site, you won't know that unless you are a frequent visitor. By sharing any site's text or photo, you could be opening up a whole different conversation than the one you intended for your use of their photo.
4- When you click SHARE buttons, any time someone puts that site's name into a search engine, you and your site are forever linked to that website in searches. You are listed on the list of names on the SHARE button for anyone to see. Sort of like free advertising for your site.
5 - Finally the best reason to not use share buttons is because your readers can be redirected to THEIR site to do more exploring. And now you have lost your audience.
Don't use SHARE buttons. Use the copy paste method outlined here:
http://2geekgirls1nerdyguy.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-to-copy-and-paste-words-text.html
and here
http://2geekgirls1nerdyguy.blogspot.com/2018/02/how-to-copy-paste-photos-using-computer.html
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