I constantly question myself about whether or not to watermark my videos/pictures but I never seem to come to a conclusion so thought I would see what you ladies think....please no rude comments...im just looking for insightful opinions on my thoughts and am quite happy to say that sometimes the obvious just doesnt come naturally to me.
So, of course I thought watermarking my vids/pics was a good idea, purely for the fact that if/when I was to get uploaded to sites without my knowing, my signature would be on it and they would be able to find me. But there are a couple of pointers that keep going back and forth in my head.
1. If someone I know IRL were to find a video/picture of me and it had a watermark, they would instantly know my cam name/twitter and be able to find me, whereas if it didnt have a watermark, they potentially be none the wiser and thats as far as it would go.
2. Alot of the time, when you are uploaded to sites, they include your cam name on it anyway (In the title, tagged or what have you). Yes I realize this semi-contradicts point number 1.
3. It wouldnt be hard to remove a watermark from a video/picture if they really wanted to.
4. I personally dont use a watermark on my stream as it screws with my quality too much, when I was working on SM it was just me on the screen. So in the instance you dont use a watermark on your feed, you could potentially be capped......with no trace of who you are.
5. Some sites you can have your twitter watermark on your content-which is my main watermark, but for some sites you can only have evidence of yourself leading back to that website in particular-for example MGF, so would need to make several edits of a video with different watermarks.
Personally, im really not that bothered about watermarking my stuff. Its just not a big deal to me, but there may be something I am overlooking. Is there anyone else who is not bothered by it? Or who doesnt watermark their content at all?
Hopefully this has all made sense, I find it quite hard to type out what I have going on in my head. If anyone has any thoughts/opinion or advice to head me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated!



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