Reblogging etiquette -- A Reblog

This is a Reblog from Tumblr. If you don't know what Tumblr is, go read Jonathan Washburn's post

Get ready for the ActiveRain reBlog revolution...

and watch the questionably hilarious video (I think it's hilarious and so does Jonathan, but it's questionable whether you will find it so).

Anyway's this Reblog is on Reblogging etiquette. Certainly food for thought.

Opinions? Anyone?

Oh and by the way, I'm just getting started on Tumblr. Feel free to follow me at 10.5 Miles from the White House

REBLOG (and of course you should free to Reblog this to your heart's content):

bryanmckay:

getupgetout:

If you reblog, should you put any added comments on top of or underneath what you’re reblogging? People seem to go both ways, which can get so hard to read with reblogs of reblogs of reblogs.

This is like the endless toilet paper debate but actually useful.

I always reblog below the previous. That seems to make the most sense for me. Reblogging below gives the sense that you are continuing the conversation. Reblogging above feels like you are giving an introduction to the comments you are reblogging.

If you are trying to share the reblog as an example of something, then maybe you want to preface it for your readers. Otherwise, if you are reblogging just to share, then let the content you are sharing take precedence in the hierarchy over your commentary. If you are reblogging to continue a conversation, it only makes sense to add your comments after.

I can’t believe I just typed that much about reblogging, but once I started thinking I couldn’t help but wonder about the different reasons people might reblog things, and the sense you might give your readers based on the placement of your commentary.

It’s a weird little netiquette question, considering the idea of the reblog in the sense Tumblr uses it is definitely a new thing. The Internet is evolving faster than our ability to develop new standards for behavior!