Do you write your own discussions, or rewrite articles from the Internet?

Some of my discussions are inspired by articles read online. When it is the case I give a link to the article. Many news can be a good source for a discussion, if the conclusions are original and there is something to discuss. Only rewriting dry news is not a "discussion" in my mind.

Bro...you tell me? :) I write about incidents or episodes that touch me. Anger me. Frustrate me. Similar feelings are of course shared by others. But I write spontaneously. It may not be original thought, but it is not a rewrite. It is heartfelt..at times I do come up with doubts.

It may qualify as a discussion but plagiarism doesn't exist in just the exact words used. It also covers the ideas and the order of the ideas in the article, so just 'rewording' an article (while keeping the original ideas expressed and the order in which they are presented) is just as much plagiarism as copying and pasting the original article.

I write my own discussions. If I see something from the news and want to write about it I give MY opinion about it-so it's all in my own words.

It is important to make the discussion your own. Today I took the subject of an article I had published some time age, copied a few snippets to MyLot but also added my own more recent thoughts on the subject, but I think it made a good post. Part of the reason for doing this is to ensure there are seemingly independent links to my original article (which is good SEO) I agree re-wording someone else's post is not a good practice and most that do are visibly plagiarising.

People who do that are clearly missing the point of discussions. It might prompt some members to reply, but the commentary that separates the good and great discussions from the blah discussions is noticably absent. It's a game of give and take, not a game of post as much as you can and watch the money roll in.

I try to write my own thoughts. I take my idea from news/happenings of day to day life. I do not feel like copying any article from internet and submitting as a discussion. I have to but agree with our friend @AbbyGreenhill here that nothing is original here, even our words are used many a times. However, the way we express ourselves conveys our originality.

I write my own. I might get an idea from something I read or hear and quote it but then I ask a question based on something contained in whatever news I have heard. I do see many who just write an article based on another article adding nothing of their own and that just seems so wrong to me.

I write my own discussions ... right after I copy and paste them off the Internet.

Most of my discussions are about what's going on with me and my experiences - that better be "original". Nah, I don't rewrite articles that are already out there - what good is that? I will only write about "my" world. Oh my gosh, I think am just realizing who you are!

To be honest, I once had a thought about doing it when I joined here first. But I changed it, no mylot made me change my thought. I have had a great experiece here. But I think posting discussions inspired from articles is okay, by not just rewording it but expressing it in your own way, isn't it?

I think this kind of discussion goes on at every site. When you get right down to it, is there anything original? Nope, everything has been written already at some point in time. Typing what I just typed has been typed many times...so it's not original either.I know there will be a rebuttal coming....

I write my own I hate those long lengthy discussions they irritates me.

I just write about what I am thinking about at the moment.

I have only 197 discussions in the time I have been here. Almost most of them have been original, a few inspired by what I faced or learned here at MyLot. And only a few that extended the discussions of other - I recall one wherein I could not reply to the OP just because I realized, the OP and me had barely known each other an the response I had I could not dare post it at that age of our friendship. So I posted it as my own Discussion (but added the reference to the OPs Discussion). As far as your question is concerned, Internet is too big and not always possible to find out whether the material is original or not (at least to many). Also, going by the trends today, where I do see very similar discussions here being allowed, it would be wrong to say that these dont qualify as discussions. However, personally, I think, it is the Interaction on the discussion that makes it a Discussion. So if an OP interacts with the people on his/her thread, I think it is all okay and makes sense.

Sometimes I get the feeling some are not interested in having a discussion. Yes that is suppose to be the point.

@JolietJake No I do not rewrite articles from the internet.Good or bad,I write my own discussions.

Yes I do I think all discussions are discussion unless they are violating some guidelines of myLots. I dont know enough to make discussions apparently as I have had great difficulty in doing so lately.

I think it's a grey area. Rewrites maybe acceptable if sufficient work has been put into it to make it look unique. If you ever read the Grimm's brother story you'll see this.. Cinderella and Donkey Skin had such similar plots and details down to the gear, the dance, and the prince.. It's difficult to read either of them without thinking of the other one. Yet, no one seemed to raise an eyebrow there. Always strike me as very odd

Some are a bit too close to the original wording for my liking.