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I have enough problems when I allow HTML on my sites. Currently, I use Drupal inhibited HTML for authenticated/registered posters.

The WYSIWYG editors have their own problems. I won't even go there.

I careless about whether my images are linked back. When I put images on the web... to be honest I do it, knowing others will use them.

I have resorted to putting my site name on images in some cases if I'm concerned about their distrubution.

I think image providers should just put a link to their site within the image. That way viewers could enter the link in the address line with copy/paste and then viewers could go there.

Links from my sites and alt tagging inside my code is hyperlink spamming just disguised by your nice services. Sure Flickr and everyone wants link backs to their site... it's the Google SEO thing. Google used to be a competent search, now if you search for the model number of something or support you end up with page upon page of e-commerce sites trying to sell you something. Honestly, adsense and all their promotion for advertising has created a vacuum for a good search engine competitor.

I recently had a forums that had a simplified registration. My gosh I had over 2,000 postings with nothing buy hyperlinks to all manner of junk within a couple days. I didn't watch the site very close... and wham the spammers were all over the site. I put an ecaptha on the site, and reinstalled the forums. Made users mad as heck, but it would have taken the best part of two days to delete all the spambot users and postings.

So, is hyperlinking important. You bet it is, if you want to promote your sites.

Next thing... about hyperlinks - Do you have people running those links on content you provide to really determine their value, or security risk? You do appear to get a lot of content from sites I've never heard of.

I'm not accusing anyone of anything. I've seen alot of mis-information about security and other issues that were ignored by service providers such as yourself.

Zemanta maybe the Queen's lace, but I still scrutinize everything carefully now.

I have installed your plugin for my browsers and Drupal, but I am thinking seriously thinking of changing that. Not because I think your service is bad, just because I know what people will do to get their links onto top sites to improve their google ratings.

I think in the spirit of community 0pen source like your service is... content providers should embrace that same spirit when they share information. I don't mind displaying links within content and images, but I do resent direct hyperlinks to them. Also, I resent those links take users off my site.