Direct linking is totally fine, and in fact the best way to shitlord. Always back it up with an archive or screenshot, when applicable, and post the archive in the comments. Reasons to Direct Link   It triggers the fuck out of them. Hams DO find out when we link to their stupid blogs and websites, they come here, and they read the comments. How do they find out? Simple - they look at their google analytics page, and see the massive traffic spike coming from https://voat.co/v/fatpeoplehate.   Hams delete their shit, or take it private. When hams delete a post due to brigading, that is a victory for us, because it gets that caustic shit off the public internet.   Sometimes we get their nasty fat positive porn shit banned by reporting it in bulk. Again, win for us. Example.   Whale tears. Everyone loves whale tears. Direct linking makes it easier for our 28K+ subscribers to "bully" them. They make reaction videos lashing out at their haters. Again, we win. This whiny tumblr bitch   Reasons to Archive  When hams edit or delete their blogs, instahams, whatever... we lose our source of entertainment. That's why you archive.  Dumbass Bullshit Reasons People Give to Not Direct Link   They make money from the traffic. OK, lets settle this shit once and for all. This is true just like "I'm fat because I have a bad thyroid" is true. Very few hams have a bad thyroid, and very few hams are enrolled in partnership programs on social media. Most of them make exactly as much off their blogs and shit as you do off your social media - $0. But what about the few that do? Let's look at Boogie, one of the most successful youtube partners that exists. His bad thyroid is responsible for 5-10 of his 500 fucking lbs, and he makes one penny for every 20 page views (source). If all of our 28K subscribers watch his video and call him a fat useless pig, he makes $14. I'll give Boogie 1/20 of a penny to interfere with his stupid circle jerk and thumbs-up all the youtube comments calling him a useless pig.   It's against the rules. This is just flat wrong. Carry over from Reddit safe space bullshit. Brigading is completely allowed, and ethically fine.    archive or stitch scrots together please  Totally unrelated, but... lots of plugins will screenshot an entire webpage so you don't have to stitch them together. Example - Awesome Screenshot for firefox.