A Lesson in Web Etiquette for the Huffington Post
by Joe Carter
May 3, 2007
Hotlinking images, defined as using the graphic image of an external site in your own code, is an violation of internet etiquette. As Kevin Aylward from Wizbang! says, “It’s all fine and good to give a hotlinker a break, but the best way to turn newbie hotlinkers into respectable Interweb citizens is a dose of public embarrassment.”
Unfortunately, The Huffington Post hasn’t learned its lesson so when they hotlinked to this:
We decided to replace it with another image:
(Note: No kittens were actually harmed in the making of this prank. The kitty is only sleeping. Here is a closeup of that image.)
Here’s the direct link to that page. Eventually they should be smart enough to take it down…or not.
(UPDATE: After 3 1/2 hours, Max finally caught on and removed the image.)
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Comments
As of 3pm that picture is still up. I guess they don’t check things too often, eh? Much like checking facts.
i like huffpo, but that is seriously hilarious! BUSTED!
LOL!!!!
Way to get them. Virtually every picture there is hotlinked, though most are to the AP.
As of almost 10 am it had been corrected to another photo, still being hosted it appears on frc. I think you might need to do more image altering since he still hasn’t learned his lesson.
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By: Kozaburo | May 3, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Heh – 2 and change hours and it’s still up. Time to make your image NSFW. lol