whats up with people copying your post nearly word for word

9 years ago

I think some people just read first post and then add there own thoughts without reading other replies.

I don't really think it's a case of copying your post in the example above.

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Monkmoney

9 years ago

what they wrote:

Individuals are not necessarily engaged which can be liking the page.. this means it can cost more to promote to. losds of men and women who cpuld attention less.. also organic and natural views of one's posts will probably be thinned out there to these kinds of fake likers

Its safer to have 1000 employed people who would like to be right now there thsn 100000 that are just lots

Facebook analytics weighs about more about engagement as compared to likes.

what I wrote:

The people are not engaged that are liking your page..which means it could cost more to advertise to.losds of people who cpuld care less..also organic views of your posts will be thinned out to these fake likers

Its better to have 1000 engaged people who want to be there thsn 100000 who are just a number

Facebook analytics weighs more on engagement than likes

they even got a typo the same!

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Sid Hale

9 years ago

This was probably done with the best of intentions....

Originally Posted by Monkmoney

what they wrote:

Individuals are not necessarily engaged which can be liking the page.. this means it can cost more to promote to. losds of men and women who cpuld attention less.. also organic and natural views of one's posts will probably be thinned out there to these kinds of fake likers

Its safer to have 1000 employed people who would like to be right now there thsn 100000 that are just lots

Facebook analytics weighs about more about engagement as compared to likes.

what I wrote:

The people are not engaged that are liking your page..which means it could cost more to advertise to.losds of people who cpuld care less..also organic views of your posts will be thinned out to these fake likers

Its better to have 1000 engaged people who want to be there thsn 100000 who are just a number

Facebook analytics weighs more on engagement than likes

they even got a typo the same!

They were simply translating for other members here...

Note - I couldn't understand the translation, but I only speak a few languages. That one was unintelligible to me.

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Monkmoney

9 years ago

What..dude its literally the same except it used different words with same meaning

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Michael Shook 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Monkmoney

What..dude its literally the same except it used different words with same meaning

Sorry for the inconvenience, I meant no harm, just trying to add to the conversation.
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Kay King 9 years ago

You seem to be looking for problems - those posts are not identical.

Sometimes several people give the "right answer" - doesn't mean it's copied.

EDIT: If it wasn't Michael, that means the mods saw exactly what you saw and deleted the post that was replicated?
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- DubDubDubDot 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  Sometimes several people give the "right answer" - doesn't mean it's copied.
  
  What about when 30 people on one page have to post the "right answer" ??? That one is always amusing. They are all sigwhores.
  
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Monkmoney

9 years ago

Huh, its not you michael who copied me

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Michael Shook 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Monkmoney

Huh, its not you michael who copied me

Must need my glasses cleaned then. I must have been looking at the thread numbers wrong. your ideas are spot on, it's a terrible idea nowadays to buy likes. Destroys engagement factors and lowers your shown to numbers.
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blueclcl

9 years ago

you mean post 8?

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Alexa Smith

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Monkmoney

whats up with people copying your post nearly word for word

Start worrying about it when they collate a few dozen of your posts into a "free report" and then advertise it on their own squeeze-page as the incentive for the opt-in, without even bothering to change the wording at all!

(I'm not referring to anyone in this thread, needless to say - nor actually to anyone still posting here, but such things do happen!!).

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Monkmoney

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Start worrying about it when they collate a few dozen of your posts into a "free report" and then advertise it on their own squeeze-page as the incentive for the opt-in, without even bothering to change the wording at all!

(I'm not referring to anyone in this thread, needless to say - nor actually to anyone still posting here, but such things do happen!!).

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ouch, well at least thats for a reason..why do it in a forum? im truly baffled..i really want to know why..

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Monkmoney

9 years ago

the post that copied me word for word is deleted, thats why you cant see it..sorry..i edited my post to show you what i wrote and what they wrote in post 4 here

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Alexa Smith

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Monkmoney

the post that copied me word for word is deleted

They'll always delete "paste-ins", if someone "reports" them.

It changes the numbering of the remaining posts in the thread, of course, when one's removed.

Originally Posted by Monkmoney

why do it in a forum? im truly baffled..i really want to know why..

Just to inflate their post-count.

Sometimes to sell a "WF profile with 100 posts" in another forum (banned members will sometimes buy them, to "get back in here" for spamming/scamming).

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Monkmoney

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

They'll always delete "paste-ins", if someone "reports" them.

It changes the numbering of the remaining posts in the thread, of course, when one's removed.

Just to inflate their post-count.

Sometimes to sell a "WF profile with 100 posts" in another forum (banned members will sometimes buy them, to "get back in here" for spamming/scamming).

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ok, that makes sense..it is hideously annoying, but at least the mods agree =)

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Michael Shook 9 years ago

There is a particular mentality that is often given shrift in IM. The idea of shortcuts, loopholes, and stealing. When these are promoted as a normal way of conducting business online it is a short step to copy and pasting anything for any purpose.

Plus you've still got people who think that anything on the internet is freely available for them to use without any attribution or permission needed. There was just a thread about somebody who wanted to buy wallpaper packs and how many of those images are pirated. Very interesting and enlightening discussion
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- Kay King 9 years ago
  
  .i really want to know why..
  
  Sometimes the only answer is people are lazy, stupid or 12.
  
  Knowing why doesn't make them smarter - just more annoying.
  
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Ghoster

9 years ago

They are looking for threads to slap their signature on.

That's at least 50% of the posts on this forum.

A lot of people start threads for the same reason. They will start a thread that consists of something like, "Backlinks are good. Get them."

Meanwhile their signature is longer than their post.

Also,

I've had posts of mine from another forum turned into a WSO on this forum. (And I'm sure I'm not the only one) I could tell that they just changed a few words around here and there. They also just transplanted entire chunks.

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TeKn1qu3z

9 years ago

Report it to an admin and maybe you can get them banned or post removed.

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JohnMcCabe

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Ghoster

I've had posts of mine from another forum turned into a WSO on this forum. (And I'm sure I'm not the only one) I could tell that they just changed a few words around here and there. They also just transplanted entire chunks.

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But Ghoster, according to several ebooks, reports, courses and forum posts, isn't that just "rewriting"? After all, every word here is copied from another book, except for the typos. Of course, that book is a dictionary, but what the heck, anything for a buck, right?
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Michael Shook

9 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

[heavy-sarcasm]
But Ghoster, according to several ebooks, reports, courses and forum posts, isn't that just "rewriting"? After all, every word here is copied from another book, except for the typos. Of course, that book is a dictionary, but what the heck, anything for a buck, right?
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Now that's a BBForum tag I have never seen before John. I will need to add that to my snippet libarary.

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