I take it there is no rule such as ''original" content only here at myLot

The first question I'd ask is, were you quite sure that the articles had been posted by the same person (and published by them on both sites). One favourite technique of plagiarists, of course, is to take something from one site and post it under their own name. The more cunning ones will run the article through an article spinner which changes some of the words so that it looks 'original' to a plagiarism checker.

I've written here about some of the same subjects I wrote about at B. The writing is mine and is true, although it's worded differently because I don't remember exactly what I wrote. Is that wrong? I don't want to break any rules, but there are some different people here who haven't read my posts elsewhere. What's the official verdict?

I think if i have shared it at other sites where most of my friends here are , then it would be boring already . So i just make new ones here .

I've seen exactly the same posts here and another site too. If it's allowed, that's fine, but I'm not going to comment on the same post twice.

That's odd. I'm sure you're not the only one that would see the identical posts. How could someone think they could get away with writing the exact same post?

i've seen that's well 'n folks get mighty ticky when ya mention such to 'em. 'that other place' clearly says ya can use what'cha wrote there elsewhere - 'long's ya add 't least 400 characters to it 'fore ya do. i aint figured if'n its a game 'f sorts? if'n folks jest don't care 'r what. 'course, how many diff'rent ways can ya word what'cha ate fer breakfast 'r all the funny videos ya ran across that day? sigh.... rinse, recycle, reuse

I have noticed the same thing. I am a member of other writing sites, and I saw that someone posted the same discussion here and on one of the other sites. The usernames look very similar, and I am quite sure that it is the same person. I think that it is a risky thing to do. He/she might not get in trouble here on myLot, but many other sites don't let you recycle your posts if you haven't deleted the original post.

@abbygreenhill i, too, would like to know the official detailed mylot rule about reposting the same exact post from other sites to mylot (or submitting first to mylot then reposting elsewhere). i hope to see that rule written in black and white so we can all refer to it. other sites have an "only one copy online" policy, so i'll be watching and waiting for it, too.

I think you should have wrote the article yourself and not stole someone else's work.

If it is determined that they are plagiarized then they should be reported. As for multiple posts in different sites, I think there's a rule somewhere that it shouldn't be allowed. Or is it? Let's ask @goaskalice

There is a mention to "plagiarized content", but I did not find a mention about "original material" only.

Honestly, I just don't get what's so difficult about coming up with something new. It's a social platform after all and there are so many things to write about!

Yes it does under help. Here I copied and now pasting it here - Posting plagiarized or copyrighted content - We take this very seriously. If there is an article you would like others to see and discuss, then post a link to that article along with your own commentary. - You can't do that.

i think this shouldn't be encouraged. but thinking in writer point of view getting ideas from different sites against same issue is not that much punishable... but discussing in different ways can be encouraged and not the same content in same view...

To me that just means you wrote if from your own mind , and did not copy paste someone else's material. Plagiarizing is illegal on any writing sire and is illegal in the US too. Do that i n college and you get kicked out.We all are writers so we all have imaginations so we should have no problem wikh being original. I'm sure mylot does not want us to use other people's works either.

that or people copied it and it wasn't theirs to begin with perhaps

I think it would depend on whether it is your work or someone else's. I do know many sites that allow the use of your own content on more than one site, so long as you own it. Others want the content to be on their site only and usually that is clearly stated.