tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post2612844098017010049..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: Does Facebook create orphans?Marie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-11209209025445171852013-03-10T19:04:41.282+00:002013-03-10T19:04:41.282+00:00Eleanora,
I think the answer is, yes, that the Wo...Eleanora,<br /><br />I think the answer is, yes, that the World Wide Web absolutely may well create such a world.<br /><br />If you think facebook is bad, have a look at tumblr and associated tumblr blogs. It is almost impossible to discover the provenance of such picture. When I have tried to source pictures I have found on the web, there has been no systematic way to do it. Each picture has required considerable work.<br /><br />My only caveat is that image search engines, which are very much in their infancy, may come to the rescue. See things like google's "search by image" facility. Its pretty crude, but it can be used to find matching images and that sometimes will discover the origin of a work where conventional methods would not.Francis Daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10228026893626221724noreply@blogger.com