Hijacking the 'Right-Click copy' / download function to include source
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Aria
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4 months ago
So reddit has this really interesting system of adding a little "posted in r/whatever" to the bottom of an image when you save the image to your phone while browsing. I think this is a potentially valuable idea!
Many people share art these days by directly downloading an image they like, and then posting the image to discord or wherever they hang out. This is a workaround for friends who don't have a Cohost, or just a simple way to have an image on hand for a longer time.
I've always had issue with the lack of credit the artist receives from this download and paste approach, but if Reddit can attach a little footer to images you download I'm curious if it's possible to hook a little credit footer to images copied / downloaded from cohost!
If it's possible to attach a non-invasive footer to an image downloaded this way I would think all it needs to say is "posted by @username on cohost" or something like that and it will feel a little less scummy to share art this way!
I'll attach an example of the footer that reddit attaches (one that doesn't include much credit I might add).
Aria
So reddit has this really interesting system of adding a little "posted in r/whatever" to the bottom of an image when you save the image to your phone while browsing. I think this is a potentially valuable idea!
Many people share art these days by directly downloading an image they like, and then posting the image to discord or wherever they hang out. This is a workaround for friends who don't have a Cohost, or just a simple way to have an image on hand for a longer time.
I've always had issue with the lack of credit the artist receives from this download and paste approach, but if Reddit can attach a little footer to images you download I'm curious if it's possible to hook a little credit footer to images copied / downloaded from cohost!
If it's possible to attach a non-invasive footer to an image downloaded this way I would think all it needs to say is "posted by @username on cohost" or something like that and it will feel a little less scummy to share art this way!
I'll attach an example of the footer that reddit attaches (one that doesn't include much credit I might add).
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