its it right...

Let there be originality folks!!!

"this is a discussion website and people should post topics and responses that they have thought of themselves and not just copy and paste them". I think your conclusion is wrong. Because we are getting information on a subjects from various sources. Sometime we will have to quote their discussions into our forum, then only the forum will have a healthy discussion. Otherwise we can keep on posting in our forum that "what do you eat for breakfast?, Do you drink coffee?, How old are you? Do you wear brazier while sleeping? etc. etc. etc.". My opinion is we should always post a informatics discussions so that the people who participate will get some additional information on the subject. Let us wait for the others opinion.

Yeah, I've seen alot of them cut and paste, although their answers don't really answer the questions. I guess they are just in here for earning the pennies.

Copying and pasting is completely against the rules here, they need to start enforcing it though if they want people to stop, I hate seeing all the people that do it on here.

Not i am not agree with you.

to post a discussion or respond to a discussion with a passage that you just copy and pasted from another source even if you put the name of the source at the bottom. correct me if im wrong but i dont think this is right. this is a discussion website and people should post topics and responses that they have thought of themselves and not just copy and paste them.

There should be some originality in the discussion

If you are going to use the pasted topic or article as a supporting part of your discussion, then you may do so. But better elaborate and make clear your topic.

the straight answer would be a big "NO"..its not only against the guidelines but it also against morality..i know people want to earn money quickly but that should not be done in blatant ignorance of rules and ethics..to cut the story short honesty should never be replaced my pure greed..

I dont feel its wrong. As long as some information is shared there should be no issues regarding this.

I see a lot of such discussions on mylot. And its really frustrating. There are days when I cant think of a good decent discussion to post, but then i dont resort to plagiarizing content to up my earnings in mylot. Thats cheap!

i think it is wrong, but how many discussions are there on mylot?

It is not wrong to base your discussion topic or response on something you read somewhere else, and to quote from that source as long as you include the original author and/or source and site you obtained the quoted information from. However, no one should just place a quote article they just copy and paste into a discussion or response, for the sake of using it as there discussion or response. In other words, you should respectfully elaborate of the quoted information, by giving your opinion or reasoning for basing your discussion or response around that snip of quoted article you did not write. Unfortunately around here, you have too many people who are just going to other online sources, copying and pasting whole articles or pieces of articles into a discussion or response, without using any of their own words, and literally trying to pass this information off as their own. This is illegal and myLot can get in trouble for this and the person who does this can also get into trouble. Sometimes people get inspiration to write something meaningful after reading a story or article somewhere else, or maybe they are writing about important information. It is okay to quote some other source into what you write, but you should never use someone elses writing and try to pass it off as your own. If you see anyone doing this on myLot, you should use the "!" and report them to myLot. I wrote a similar discussion to this about the plagiarism that is going on here at myLot.

i did that before because i couldn't explain clearly what i want to say but i'm always including the site where i copied the text so i don't think it's an act of stealing ideas.

yes i agree with you, you posting relate to the purpose of why we would be here,good point,cheer.

Yes you can but only if you use it as a reference not as a whole discussion.

I have found that sometimes the discussion or topic can warrant this but they add their own words along with it. They are not cheating but responding. Example, I responded to a question that asked for any poems I have written. One was too long to type out so I just went to the web site that has published it so I could copy and paste. However, I also included some of my own discussion to go along with it.

does this indicate that these people just don't have any original thoughts of their own then??

well this approach is not good but if someone asking the information and the another person get the information from another sites,collect it and post here........then it is ok......

I think it's okay to quote from another source, provided the source is named. To go beyond that, such as copying and pasting an entire article, would not be right, in my opinion.