Online attribution: Picture pedantry | The Economist: "I DON'T think of myself as Jack Valenti," says Paulo Ordoveza, a graphic designer and web developer who operates on Twitter as PicPedant, calling out mis- and non-attributed photographs—that often come with inaccurate or misleading captions as well—posted by a number of high-follower accounts. Mr Ordoveza refers to Valenti, the long-time (and late) head of the Motion Picture Association of America, who was a bulldog in defending studios' rights, even to the extent of opposing videotape recorders.
Rather, Mr Ordoveza found himself irritated at the sheer inaccuracy of captions attached to photos posted on Twitter, Facebook and others sites by accounts like HistoricalPics. Last October, "I started out with just debunking," he notes, from his own account, but thought perhaps he should become a finger-waggling scold as well, and registered PicScolder. It lay dormant until early 2014, when he read an essay at BuzzFeed called "2014 Is The Year Of The Viral Debunk" by Charlie Warzel. Mr Ordoveza then opted to be a pedant instead.
