Recycled topics

Today I read a discussion and noticed that one of the My Lot members that had responded had stolen someone else's writing. Another My Lot member provided a link to where the article came from. The My Lot member had copied word for word. I was really shocked. I looked at the My Lot members profile page. The writing was by an American man that really liked beaches. I think it is wrong to copy someone else's work and it makes me annoyed. I begin my own discussions and respond to with my own writing to discussions on My Lot. I have been a member of My Lot for a few years. I guess questions like "What is your favorite color" will have been asked before. It can be challenging to think of new discussions to begin.

I think some new people are so eager to start discussions, they either don't bother to search for existing ones or don't realise they shouldn't duplicate discussions. I usually ignore it, unless a topic is a blatant copy of a really good discussion. Then I'll report it and point out to the discussion leader that they should think up their own topics and not steal other people's. I don't post many topics, as I'd rather wait until I have a really good idea than just post anything. I think some people are under the mistaken impression that they have to start lots of discussions to earn, but it's quality, not quantity, that counts on Mylot.

I say that most of the people who do this do not really think much or maybe they do not realize what they are doing. I do not think you can have violent reaction to this because you do not actually know the people who do this...and it is not such a big deal although it can be a little offensive.

No violent reactions at all. I think we all of us have done this without our knowledge. Ti's hard to monitor all the discussions that have been posted here. Who knows, there might already be a discussion like this buried somewhere in mylot. If someone intentionally copies discussions, I think less people would respond to it because most have already given an answer to that kind of discussion.