Taluun wrote:http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ethical-questions-posting-photos-strangers-online/
So people in the comments seem to be on the side of "dont post photos of people online". I am more on the side of gladstone I think in that I don't quite get whats wrong with sharing a photo unless you are actually shaming someone or doing something else negative.
It's an invasion of privacy, whether it's negative or not. Using G-Stone's "Hipster Carl Sagan" example, no, the joke wasn't mean-spirited or offensive, but that guy was just going about his business and had no expectation of being photographed. If it were me, I would be mildly annoyed that some random dweeb took my picture when I was just on my way from point A to point B, and that's why I wouldn't do it to someone else because I prefer to err on the side of not pissing off random strangers.
Two Sheds wrote:I hate the idea of having my picture posted online without my knowledge. Despise it. One (somewhat irrational) fear of mine is going to a city like New York or Los Angeles and having one of those damned YouTube pranksters approach me and use me as a foil for their nonsense. I don’t want to be in your YouTube video. I don’t want my reaction to your annoying antics used as a source of comedy. Same with videos of people doing “wacky” things in public – I don’t want my reaction to you dumping milk on your head being used to make people laugh.
The one upside to walking with a cane is that anyone who deliberately tries to impede your progress is immediately identified as a jackass by everyone watching. And if they persist in their jackassery, getting thwomped with a bright red Hurrycane would probably make their stupid Youtube video go viral for all the wrong reasons (and get me arrested, but it'd be hella worth it.)