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Should you censor the user information of a meme you screenshot? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 4 days ago by compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Say I’m on Mastodon, and someone posts a reply to a meme that I think is funny. I take a screenshot of their post to send to other people or post on Lemmy. Is it more polite/respectful/appropriate to censor out their name and handle (to respect their privacy) or leave it in (to give them appropriate credit for their idea)?

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[–] mycatsays@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago

If it's their original thought, or I'm including their comment on the thing they shared, then I include the username.

If they've just reposted an image with no extra commentary, I only share the image and not where I found it. Since "where I found it" is not the original source, no attribution is necessary imho.