Have you ever found something on the Internet that you wrote somewhere else?

[Spooky Owl!]

I mean, something containing exact quotes, word for word, that you wrote elsewhere.

I've borrowed brief phrasings from other people too, here-and-there, especially when I think they really nailed the point. But I'm talking about exact wording, sometimes entire paragraphs, so close to what you'd previously written that it's to the point that it can't be a coincidence.

 

[Scorp Noire]

No, but I'm a photographer and it is appalling the amount of people who will steal and post photos and videos as if they did it- even legit news organizations. I have to check across social medias on an almost daily basis.

Whether in print or via photograph, I guess that means a person is doing something right if someone likes it enough to steal it. LOL

 

[CryptCreeper72]

Yes. Word for word and claimed by another reporter. Had to fight like hell. Never got it taken down but did eventually receive the byline.

 

[Piggyrella Sanderson]

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[Scorp Noire]

Yes. Word for word and claimed by another reporter. Had to fight like hell. Never got it taken down but did eventually receive the byline.

Good for you, standing your ground!