doady
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Mississauga City Centre
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khris
Senior Member
Two things.
1) That was very unfriendly, and is going to turn people off, and cause negative reactions. Not sure what your problem is.
2) Threads that you create on UT are not your threads, but the property of UT. This is a community, not a personal site for you to do what you want and say what you want with no repercussions
J T CUNNINGHAM
Senior Member
"Don't like the photos? Are they not representative of Mississauga or comprehensive enough for you? Tough. Go use Google Streetview instead. I'm not here to replicate Google Streetview so don't bother coming into my threads again." QUOTE.
Where is the "IGNORE BUTTON"?
Reguards,
J T
Where is the "IGNORE BUTTON"?
Reguards,
J T
LowPolygon
Senior Member
gee thanks for the extraordinarily warm welcome. you've really rolled out the red carpet! as a first time visitor to one of your threads i have to say that i am thrilled--positively thrilled--to be here.
doady
Senior Member
It is reference to another of one of my other thread where all people did was bitch about my photos. So I am merely including a disclaimier this time.
Two things.
1) That was very unfriendly, and is going to turn people off, and cause negative reactions. Not sure what your problem is.
2) Threads that you create on UT are not your threads, but the property of UT. This is a community, not a personal site for you to do what you want and say what you want with no repercussions
Of so I guess my photos and my words are now property of UT too? Nice to know.
If you people don't like what I say then you people should not complain about my photos. As I said, if you don't like them then go take your photos or use google. I'm not here to pander to anyone's photo demands. It's as simple as that.
LowPolygon
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Urban Shocker
Doyenne
To be fair to doady, he's correct when he says these aren't typical Google Streetview images, and he's not the only person to have referred to a thread he's started in a proprietary way as "my thread" - thedeepend has done it on a couple of occasions that I can recall, for instance. They're perfectly fine journalistic images of a city of contrasts that has structures ranging from old barns to the 'Marilyn' towers, images which haven't been photoshopped into oblivion to make a place look like something it isn't, and which are select views that differ from Google's omnivorous eye that records streetscapes from moving vehicles.
LowPolygon
Senior Member
i agree. its a web convention that the person who starts a thread is entitled to refer to it as 'my thread'; as well the thread starter is entitled to attempt to control and shape the direction the thread takes. as for the images themselves, of course Doady's photographs belong to him, and they are most certainly not the 'property' of UT. as the originator of the image, he holds the legal copyright ipso facto. obviously the responses have more to do with the startlingly defensive way he framed the post, as if he expected to be attacked, and by almost daring people not to like them. it was certainly not the most welcoming intro to his photos--which i was actually quite interested to see.
doady
Senior Member
I'm not sure why you choose to focus on my last sentence. If I was trying to get people to attack me, would I have provided a link to my other photographs on a website that uses my real name in full display??? My post was mostly a positive one, I don't understand why people have to concentrate on the negative and ignore the rest? Am I the one really being defensive here? I'll be honest, I did not expect this reaction at all, I am surprised, just like I was surprised at the reaction in the other thread. It was not my intention at all in either thread to create controversy. Perhaps I can apologize for the some of the words, and I am sorry for that, but I am not going to apologize for the photos.
The "my thread" controversy is definitely the most puzzling. I'm not really sure why Why someone would point that out in the first place. I never put a copyright statement in the original post stating all content of this thread was mine. I don't understand why anyone would look at what I wrote and think that I am trying to claim copyright or ownership of the entire thread in any way. I never even thought of the ownership issue of threads until it was brought up just now. I think some people see more in more meaning in my words that there actually is.
The "my thread" controversy is definitely the most puzzling. I'm not really sure why Why someone would point that out in the first place. I never put a copyright statement in the original post stating all content of this thread was mine. I don't understand why anyone would look at what I wrote and think that I am trying to claim copyright or ownership of the entire thread in any way. I never even thought of the ownership issue of threads until it was brought up just now. I think some people see more in more meaning in my words that there actually is.
J T CUNNINGHAM
Senior Member
"doady has not made any friends yet" QUOTE from profile.
MMMMM, mmmm.
J T
MMMMM, mmmm.
J T
doady
Senior Member
"khristopher has not made any friends yet" QUOTE from profile.
"Urban Shocker has not made any friends yet" QUOTE from profile.
"thedeepend has not made any friends yet" QUOTE from profile.
"J T CUNNINGHAM has not made any friends yet" QUOTE from profile.
Your point? This is a good example of why I have to be on the defensive. People have problem with me not having friends, but no problem with other people not having friends. People have problem with me defending my photos, but no problem with someone saying that my photos are worse than Google Streetsview.
"Urban Shocker has not made any friends yet" QUOTE from profile.
"thedeepend has not made any friends yet" QUOTE from profile.
"J T CUNNINGHAM has not made any friends yet" QUOTE from profile.
Your point? This is a good example of why I have to be on the defensive. People have problem with me not having friends, but no problem with other people not having friends. People have problem with me defending my photos, but no problem with someone saying that my photos are worse than Google Streetsview.
Observer Walt
Senior Member
Doady, I find your photos worth looking at. I am not sure who apparently referred to some of them as "worse than Google Streetview". Without knowing that, I would simply say that such comments should be ignored. Perhaps (I'm guessing) it came from one of the downtown sophisticates who have occasionally seen fit to put down Mississauga just for the sake of a putdown. If so, let it roll off.
J T CUNNINGHAM
Senior Member
"If you people don't like what I say then you people should not complain about my photos." QUOTE.
The attitude given on this thread from it's beginning has not endeared you to many, myself included.
I suspect that in your dealings with others, your "ideal", is vinegar rather than sugar.
BTW, the pics were just fine to my eye; it was the above that (b)lighted my attention.
J T
The attitude given on this thread from it's beginning has not endeared you to many, myself included.
I suspect that in your dealings with others, your "ideal", is vinegar rather than sugar.
BTW, the pics were just fine to my eye; it was the above that (b)lighted my attention.
J T
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LowPolygon
Senior Member
obviously what's weird is that you went out of your way to attack potential critics of your photos before anyone had even responded to them! if you were expecting such a negative reaction--why bother posting them?
seemsartless
Active Member
This thread is like a different world from the rest of the Urban Toronto forum which I've found remarkably civil and mature, even the comments about the historic photos of the rather worn burlesque performers that haunt my dreams now.
But wait, how come I don't have any friends here either?!
But wait, how come I don't have any friends here either?!