jocker clusterf**k, damn. Options

[*tripvertigo*]

remember back in the day when we'd get a jocker once in a while, and everyone on cb would go to that person's xanga and just bash the shit out of them until they peed themselves and finally took the layout they jocked down? Or if they didnt take it down, we'd find a way to hack their account?

yeah those were the good days.

really made me feel loved. but i guess back then i was contributing a lot more to cb than I am now.


anyway, some of my best bashing insults came from those situations.


i remember this only really happened to really well known users on cb/xanga. i.e. me or roxanne, or rivendell...

the reason i bring this up now is because i google myself every couple of months to see what shows up, and this is what i found:

http://www.xanga.com/swt_pinkii/96939941/item.html


so f**king full of win.

[*Uronacid*]

Josh, the difference is when you use someone's code for programming, you are not going around saying, "I made this, it is my artistic venture" like one is when they jock something. You're just using it. And designers can USE other peoples' things too; they may look at the css and use it as a template for their own, or a guide if they are confused on something, but what that person did to Frankie's is different than that...it wasn't for efficiency. The person didn't know what to do and literally colored over Frankie's main image (you can see it on the left where they did) and put a different picture. Everything else is exactly the same. When designers make something like that and put it on their own site, it's a showcase. Yes I understand things like that happen when you put things on the internet, but it's really quite mean of someone to do, and most times people will simply ask the person to take it down. If they don't listen, that's when they get flamed. That's their own fault.

Alright I understand what you're saying, but my argument is: Why do you care? If you paste something on the internet for all to see, you have to realize that it's also a free ticket for all to use regardless of what it is. When you guys get real jobs you're going to find yourself jocking pictures and code all the time. Especially if you get into graphic design. Yeah, you're going to make blends, vectors, and own stuff too, but things will be thrown at you so fast that there will be times when you have to make a quick thing that looks good and you don't have time to create your own work of art. It may be the coding, it may be the images... if they aren't copyrighted, you're going to take them, because it's your job to take them.

The real world is much much MUCH different than createblog (obviously). Right now you guys are all out there trying to find yourselves and be INDIVIDUALS (the big thing right now is to be original). When someone "steals" you're work it's like they are taking something that is apart of you and saying that it's apart of them. It it's like they are taking the thing that you created, the thing that says "This is ME" written all over it and saying it is them. I know what it's like. I'm a designer too. I'm extremely good at photoshop. I'm probably better than most of you. I only went into IT because being a designer is shit money and the jobs are scarce.

When you grow up, you're going to realize that no-one gives a shit. You're individuality doesn't matter anymore. For the most part, it doesn't matter who you are or how original you can be. I'm not saying that being creative doesn't' help, but what matters is "Are you able to get your job done?" You loose most of that creativity in the field anyways, because you find yourself making what other people want to see instead of what you want to see yourself.

The petty shit that you designers are bitching people out for and stressing out over is a complete waste of your and their time. I know it's upsetting to see your artwork taken or you're layout used, but you need to suck it up. The sooner you suck it up and accept that people are just going to take what you create because you posted it on the internet, the sooner you will be a happier person because you won't stress out about it.