On Facebook photo tagging

[drscott]

I posted those 100+ Convention photos on Facebook as well. I had intended to suggest people not automatically tag everyone in sight, since my failure to do so is intentional -- I think people should control what appears on their profile pages, and Facebook's allowing anyone to tag a photo of someone else is a bad idea. While the person so tagged can untag themselves, it's an imposition. So in general I only tag people in photos when I'm certain it's a really good photo of them that they'd want to present.

Oops, well, too late! My industrious friends have tagged everyone. Sorry to anyone who may be peeved to have their favorite photos of themselves displaced by a flood of snapshots.

Comments

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

Occasional tagging of really good photos is no problem. I ask myself, if I were that person, would I want attention drawn to this photo especially? Usually the answer is no...

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

I've gone in and untagged several convention photos that made me look haggard or drunk. ;-)

I can't do much about the ones that make me look 56, 'cause I've vowed to gently accept reality.

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

"Look"? (Just kidding -- can't recall you ever looking bad.) And you look great for 56. I'm just a bit behind you, so you'll say the same for me, right?

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Yes, you look great, Curtis!

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

Good job. Now we just have to ignore those other folks pointing and laughing!

[excessor.livejournal.com]

Or rolling their eyes.