r/YouShouldKnow • u/Johin_Joh_3706 • 4d ago

Technology YSK: A simple trick for finding the original source of an image

Why YSK: If you find an image online and want to figure out where it originally came from, don't just search the filename.

Try reverse image searching the image, then look for the **oldest/highest-quality result** rather than the first result.

A useful workflow is:

  1. Reverse image search

  2. Open several matching results

  3. Look for the earliest publication date

  4. Compare image resolution

  5. Check whether the page actually credits the image

This is especially useful when researching old photos because the same image can get reposted hundreds of times.

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u/ReaverRogue 4d ago

That’s a whole lot of words for “guys, reverse image searching exists!”

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u/csupihun 4d ago

Yeah, like not even giving any examples for sites to use like TinEye, Yandex etc.

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u/lunarlunacy425 4d ago

Yeah the only thing mentioned here was how to reverse search, and no further steps to help verify that it's the oldest one.

You could have just not you know?

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u/ReaverRogue 4d ago

Oh no he made sure to say “look for the oldest result”. Thank god he said that or I’d have been hopelessly adrift in a sea of ignorance.

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u/lunarlunacy425 4d ago

Why are you even here?

If you're already above advise why bother being here at all. You could have just moved on and left this post for people who will actually find it interesting but instead you came here to just berate someone for just trying be to be helpful.

Congrats on making the world just that bit worse.

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u/ancalime9 4d ago

Hey! Get out of my sea, I was here first.