Figmentations

Well, I wasn’t aware that plagiarism and blog-post-stealing was an issue online. Not anything that I’ve really been concerned about, but it’s good to be aware of its occurence just the same. There is an interesting exchange on CrunchNotes.com (i.e., a post with multiple interesting comments and responses) that range from strong accusations, irrefutable evidence, and an apology from the accusee. Internet etiquette is important and us citizen journalists seem to be the best watchdogs of each other.

Thanks to Steve Rubel’s post on this topic on his MicroPersuasion blog which I always enjoy catching up on through my Bloglines feed.

Anyway, I always like to find out about new sites through my readings, and this above mentioned post, while being a tough lesson for a new blogger to learn, has been educational to me; it taught me about two plagiarism sites: http://www.plagiarism.org/, and www.copyscape.com. Who knows, these sites might come in handy to know some day. One never knows….