What would you do if?

I think it can be overlooked if done once or twice. But if the same user keep plagiarizing in this way, he or she should be told nicely not to do it. Sometimes they don't realize that they are doing something wrong. And if still persistent, well, the report button is always there. Just a matter of who will be reporting only..

it's ok for me, we all make a mistakes and what if that person did not know that you are the one who first made that topic, it's fine with me..

If it's a repeat it's a repeat and therefore reportablòe (and there are loads of those every day) If it isn't then it passes surely?

Do you search or look first to see if there is a same discussion before you post? Yet situation encountered or things seen are same in lots of time. I don't look first so I guess it might have been just coincidence.

I don't know what to do.I am afraid someone copy similar question from me .That is ok.He just steal your idea from you,I may say he must admire you very much ,lol,just kidding .i would not take it serious.

I was in this situation with an online course. I had finished the course and my best friend took it after. We did this alot, it saved us on books. Appparently, someone in her class was in mine the previous semester (I guess he failed it when he took it with me). Anyway, a couple of weeks into the semester and while helping her with an assignment, I noticed one of my exact posts submitted by him. We then went through the previous weeks and all his posts were MY posts. The professor was different so I assume he thought he could pull it off. No telling how many times he had done this. I burst his bubble on this one though. He was expelled.

I don't think there is anything we can do as it is rewritten so it can not be proved well I don't think it can anyway

I would probably answer it and earn my pennies. I figure we are all likely to post certain similar discussions, but we all have different circles of friends.It is not plagiarism, although it does take your idea. When I was very new I once answered five discussions that all asked the same or very similar things. I enjoyed the fact that I knew what I wanted to say to them.

i've seen a few of those lately. it's like they said "oh that's a good idea..but i'll rewrite it so hopefully it'll pass" other than report it,i don't know what else you can do. you can call them out on it,but you might get penalized that way too.

I experienced it in the past. At that time I posted a discussion about my son went to the kindergarten. Later I found there was another same discussion appeared. Obviously this one copied my discussion. Actually I felt a little annoyed, but then I let it be. I didn't report it. I love China

hi dawn. there are times you can't resist but to respond to it. but what i really want to do with that is to ignore and report it.

hi dawnald, If I saw that and know that its not their own work so I just ignore it, skip it, won't respond to the disscussion. Tamara

I don't know. I don't come across them much but I"m not here very day. The word for word ones are annoying, but someone rewritting it in their own words? That can be a hard call. Did they do it 10 minutes after the original was posted? Did they do it a day after? I guess I'd go back through who they responded to. If they respond to a discussion then claim it later on, that to me would say they are repeating posts. I know there are like topics, even same topics news clips done, but if the person responds to one, re-writes it all the time - then yeah, that's showing a pattern then.

Dawn- I had it done to me on several sites by another person, not to mention have had articles copied word for word. I've reported it, but on here I've never had any other friends take reports to Mylot. I was simply told by one to simply deal with it because they didn't see it as a copy. So now, I just ignore them. If the person copying me really cannot think for themselves, cannot write, then I should take it as a compliment that they feel my work is worthy of being plagiarized. Namaste-Anora

We don't have good search for existing discussions using the discussion search, so most likely I would think that it could be coincidence... I noticed long time ago that people are creating discussions based on latest news, chances are that discussions are similar... I also noticed that discussions here are in clusters, means same or similar topics are all over Mylot at the same time....one person is talking about tomatoes and suddenly we can have 20 discussions about tomatoes.... I wouldn't report it if they are looking at the problem from different angle... Hard to judge without looking at mentioned discussion...

Well, we're not supposed to have multiple discussions on the exact same topics so I think you could still report it. If you mean responses as well, I don't think I would do anything in that case. It could just be a case of great minds thinking alike, right? I always try to add a unique twist to any discussion I answer, but I often end up reiterating a point or two that someone else had already mentioned as part of a response because we have similar opinions. It could actually be more work rewriting someone's post than writing your own unique discussion or response...completely different than copying someone's post because there no work at all is done.

[i]I know, I know... Report it.... But what would you do if you saw a discussion that said the exact same thing as a previous discussion, but it had been totally rewritten in the poster's own words?[/i] What? I'm bad I know. Hee Hee. (Bet someone reports me) There's not much that you can do. If it happens every time then I guess that you have to report it. But how dull witted of them to do that!

I'll BE HONEST & TELL U THAT I REALLY DON'T PAY ATTENTION IF SOMEONE HAS DONE THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW IT. i JUST TRY TO MIND MY OWN BUISNESS & stay out of things like that.

Hi dawnald, I would not respond to it because it most probably will be deleted. And if that happen, I waste my time giving my response. Just go to the next discussion.

well, I will say to them if that is violation and give them link to read the mylot rule. I confuse, why someone make a copy discussion topics? I have found that made violation (copying, promote the link), on Saturday that posting deleted by mylot team.