In the feedback of my most recent sit, the HO managed to get THS to remove the url to my travel blog.
I object to this kind of censorship. What else does THS do to sanitize reviews? Can I ask them to change that owner’s review of me?
No, I do not need the owner’s permission to publish photos of their pet. Of course not.
And if the owners gave me a book that they had published, I can mention that. It is not the first time.
i always gain consent before publishing anything that doesn’t belong to me. Id consider it a breach of privacy. Its like youve invited over the people that view the published work to look around the house. THS says we need to negotiate this (bringing in a friend)for privacy reasons. If I have a visit I gain permissions first. Some people say yes, some people say no. Its ok to meet somewhere else. Maybe you could photograph away from home? But youd still need consent prior to publishing.
As an owner, I am a very private person, sexual abuse history. To stay safe online from perpetrators finding me,`I am very careful what I post. If my sitter was to photograph my pets in house I would appreciate seeing a draft before anything is published. I could then have a choice of what is safe for publishing that doesnt reveal where I live.
Of course not. I can publish a photo of anyone’s dog out on the street.
Or a photo of a person. I do not need their permission for that.
You do need permission to publish any photos taken inside of the home.
I read the reviews. The HOs complaint about your travel blog was centered mostly around your discussion of personal information you learned about the HO while sharing dinner with them in their own home. This is a breach of their reasonable expectation of privacy and it was reasonable for THS to remove the link from your review.
You can read what I wrote
And no, I do not see why I would need permission to publish photos of the interior. (Not that I did that of this sit. But I will publish a photo of that rickety chair. One can also see them in photos in their listing.)
(edited to meet our Community Guidelines)
maybe your laws are different
What jurisdiction are your laws?
Do they require the permission of a cow’s owner before one can publish a photo of a cow?
The cow would not be inside of someone’s personal and private residence.
@anon42826925 It would not matter, but the photos that I had published were taken outside. I had already given you the link: (edited to meet our Community Guidelines)
The cats there are in an open garden shed.
Here is another one of the dog: (edited to meet our Community Guidelines)
You published their names, photos of the interior of their home, and details of their background shared at dinner. Maybe they are private people. It’s certainly a violation of privacy no matter what the local laws state. You don’t seem open to feedback so I’ll stop commenting.
It is just not true what that owner writes.
Am I understanding this correctly? You used the platforms feedback review system to promote your blog? If so seems a bit off to me regardless of the privacy issues.
@Oztravels Promote? I just gave a url saying that that is where one could see photos. To give more information to prospective sitters.
I am really not the only one with a url to a blog on my profile page.
I think it’s a difference if you include your blog to your sitter’s page or if you include it in a feedback. With the feedback the names and pictures, no matter if they are taken inside or outside of the house, are linked directly to this sit and when the owners don’t want this it’s their right to demand it.
There’s also a difference if you post a picture of a cow standing around somewhere in the landscape or if it’s the owner’s pets.
Sorry, but the owners are right.
My thoughts exactly.
I have to laugh at the cry of CENSORSHIP!!
You’re still free to write whatever you want, and post the photos you took. You just can’t link to it on your profile/in a review on a platform that is a business not owned by you.
That. Is. Not. Censorship.
I think THS censorship is very bad, but they have allowed you to post this.
As long as you’re not posting photos of the inside of the house and everything is arguably public domain knowledge, that isn’t a breach of privacy not really.
With that said, the person you started this about now appears to have several bad reviews from more than just you so I would think maybe its something with that HO instead of you. But now if I frequent the forum and look at your profile, I see a conflicting review and now a drama inspired forum thread I’m thinking you’re a headache and would probably pass to save myself from having you become my next headache. So I’m unsure this is the way you want to accomplish your end goal here.
@ddacey I am complaining about the system that allows HOs to change my feedback.
It seems that most people here are fine with that. That THS removes information that would be of interest to prospective sitters. That makes it difficult for others to check whether the HO’s allegations about breaches of privacy were true.
Where is the problem? You can still add your blog to your profile just not to the feedback.
It is so arbitrary. Next thing the HO may write to THS to change my profile.
I have seen other urls in feedback and reviews. There are no rules against it.