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Josh Spaulding wrote:
Tell us how you really feel ;)
This problem is getting worse and worse. I recently saw a post in the Warrior forum on how someone was copying someones forum posts onto their site without permission. That's actually legal I believe since there is no copyright statement but it's just wrong. There are allot of immoral people out there and it pi**es me off so I try to ignore the idiots.
It feels good to vent every now and again though.
This problem is getting worse and worse. I recently saw a post in the Warrior forum on how someone was copying someones forum posts onto their site without permission. That's actually legal I believe since there is no copyright statement but it's just wrong. There are allot of immoral people out there and it pi**es me off so I try to ignore the idiots.
It feels good to vent every now and again though.
26/09 22:25:09
caymanhost wrote:
Hey Josh
Yeah, maybe I shoulda gone hog wild and said what I really meant ;-) I doubt the offender will ever read any of the responses. At least he wasn't stealing content, but it shows a person's true colors in my book - and mama raised me right!
Hell, you're right though, I enjoyed venting. I guess it proves I'm good at saying "thank you" if nothing else :0)
Yeah, maybe I shoulda gone hog wild and said what I really meant ;-) I doubt the offender will ever read any of the responses. At least he wasn't stealing content, but it shows a person's true colors in my book - and mama raised me right!
Hell, you're right though, I enjoyed venting. I guess it proves I'm good at saying "thank you" if nothing else :0)
26/09 23:21:33
25/09: Bumpzee Plagiarism - Unbelievable!
UPDATE
After posting this in a fit of pique, I felt that maybe I was being a little harsh. However, I return to Bumpzee and see that another community member, Stoneman, has responded directly to the poster confirming that the offender had also posted the exact cut and paste of my words to another social blogging network. So, now this person is not only stealing other people's words, but is a spammer too. I therefore stand by the rant below because, let's face it, reposting the words you cut and paste right back into the community you cut them from is extraordinarily dim. Using the wording (which I've pasted below) as an introduction to himself on BlogCatalog in other members' public messages is equally stupid, as it is refers quite specifically to Bumpzee.
There have been TV programs dedicated to "dumbest criminals" perhaps we should institute something for dumbest spammers.
(My original message to my visitors as recorded at my profile on Bumpzee)
(MY ORIGINAL RANT)
I think I've seen it all now. Some people really are quite unbelievable when it comes to originality, or more correctly, the complete lack of it.
Today I had a friend request from a Bumpzee user, and we all like to get those I'm sure. When I land on the member's profile page, my eye is caught by an entry in this individual's public messages, and, believe it or not, it's a word for word copy of a message I posted on my own public messages, thanking visitors and friends for their participation and interest.
Now, not only is this dumb, because you are bound to be rumbled, but it also says a lot about a person's sincerity and honesty when they can't even say thank you in their own words. I'm not going to name the person because I'm sure they know who they are, but rest assured, that's no way to network, make friends, build trust or develop an audience. I've seen some dumb attempts in my time, but you sir, are right up there with the 24 carat stupid. Needless to say, I haven't added you to my network, and suggest you take your sorry self back to sqare one and learn something about netiquette and life in general. (/RANT)
TCH
tags: Bumpzee, plagiarism, content theft
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