myLotting is easy...why do so many feel the need to cheat?
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
August 18, 2016 7:14am CST
I just don't get it.
myLot is a place to post original discussions written by you.
It isn't hard to do, really.
Sure, some of us, at times, can't think of anything to post.
So we either don't post, or we post about how we can't think of anything to post. 
Nothing wrong with that. 
But then, you get the people that just won't think for themselves. 
They'll either copy something straight from the Internet, or they'll change one or two words and post it as 'their own' material.
Changing the word 'world' for the word 'globe', for instance, does not make it yours.
It is still plagiarism.
It's okay to not have anything to say.
It's okay not to say anything if you don't.
It's NOT okay to take something written by someone else and change one or two words and post it as yours...because it isn't. 
Why can't some people understand that?
Nothing wrong with that.
But then, you get the people that just won't think for themselves.
They'll either copy something straight from the Internet, or they'll change one or two words and post it as 'their own' material.
Changing the word 'world' for the word 'globe', for instance, does not make it yours.
It is still plagiarism.
It's okay to not have anything to say.
It's okay not to say anything if you don't.
It's NOT okay to take something written by someone else and change one or two words and post it as yours...because it isn't.
Why can't some people understand that?54 people like this
64 responses
@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
@Daljinder I got a response today that was simply "lol..."
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
I think you do, but some people either just don't get it, or they think it doesn't matter
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@Daljinder (23235)
• Bangalore, India
18 Aug 16
@sabtraversa Are you serious? So you know how much work it takes to type that four letter word out?
Eye co-ordination, fingers, muscles, brain, concentration, strength...............those all are needed and much more..... 
I am already super tired typing that out 
I am already super tired typing that out 2 people like this
@owlwings (43902)
• Cambridge, England
18 Aug 16
@JolietJake Only $64? I'll pass!
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
@owlwings I think back in the 50's or 60's when that was a show, $64 was a good chunk of money
Edit - make that the 40's
Sixty-four-dollar question definition, the critical or basic question or problem: Whether the measure will get through Congress this session or not is the sixty-four-dollar question. See more.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
M.-L. made a comment about Bubblews...so many of them got away with it there that I guess they think here would be just as easy....but of course, it isn't
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
18 Aug 16
I think copy pasters don't know English and are desperate for money. I can't imagine an English speaker bothering to cheat when there are so many easy ways to contribute just by responding.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
18 Aug 16
Be fair! 'Globe' reads so much better than 'world'!!
I honestly believe it takes more effort to find something to plagiarise then edit in a vain attempt to pass it off as your own than it does to interact on other people's posts. The latter is much more fun too!
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
18 Aug 16
I have to agree with you on that. Everything should be an original written by the member. There is no need to cheat, maybe some people are just hoping that nobody will notice. It is not right. This should be a fun place to come and have discussions. Great post!
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
Unfortunately, it shouldn't have to get mentioned as much as it does, but there always seems to be people thinking they can just post anything they want.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Aug 16
JJ that has puzzled me every since I first
came here in the old m,y lot.another thing
I do not understand. I saw a so called discussion title Love and the whole
discussion was this Quote I like it." unquote
I did not respond at a loss as to what
to say. Three word discussion? Help.
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@inertia4 (27978)
• United States
19 Aug 16
I think plagiarism is something that will always be around. It is horrible that people steal content and try to pass it off as their own. But they do get found out eventually. I never liked trying to copy anything. I like my original content. What better way to express yourself. These people that steal content are only looking to make money and ruin it for everyone else.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
18 Aug 16
For the same reason that people think myLot is hard work instead of fun.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
19 Aug 16
I dunno. All they have to do is respond to other people if they can't think of their own topic. It's crazy.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39504)
• United States
19 Aug 16
i've yet to figure such out myself. same's those who jest repeat what's'n the news with nothin' 'f their own to add 'n no credits 's to where they gathered such info. plagiarism? lack 'f respect fer others written words? 'r 've they jest gotten by with such fer so long (that hey, 'tis'n facebook, lets share't all o'er?) that such nonsense jest continues.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39504)
• United States
19 Aug 16
@JolietJake i agree,hon. 'course i've 'bout had my fill 'f those who constantly complain that they can't read what others've written, 'r they're too long. whilst i'm certain there's a discussion to be had, if'n ya can't read 't, 'tis too long, bores the crap outta ya 'r whate'er the case may be - jest move 'long!
pardon me, i'm nearin' the end 'f weeks'n prednisone 'n such makes me a bit snarky...
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Aug 16
I guess they're after the 'easy money', but I have yet to know of any of them that have made it to cash out successfully here. There has always been a strong core of users here that watch for things like that...when so many of us do our best to be original and come up with things off the tops of our heads, it gets a bit annoying to see someone post a list of things they saw on facebook or got from Wiki or some such place.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Aug 16
@crazyhorseladycx I'm snarky quite often, so it doesn't bother me much.
I had a fairly long post up for a bit about something that personally concerns me...I got a response that basically said 'This is too long to read, but thanks for sharing'
Sometimes I just wanna reach through the monitor and slap people 
I had a fairly long post up for a bit about something that personally concerns me...I got a response that basically said 'This is too long to read, but thanks for sharing'
Sometimes I just wanna reach through the monitor and slap people 2 people like this
@Daljinder (23235)
• Bangalore, India
18 Aug 16
Can we plagiarize the plagiarist? 
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@Daljinder (23235)
• Bangalore, India
19 Aug 16
@akalinus Also creating trouble for the troublers. 
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@miniam (9151)
• Bern, Switzerland
18 Aug 16
I have not seen any copied material here apart from the title of my last discussion which was copied from a members discussion but l let all know it`S copied.
Maybe l have not seen any copy material because l have not checked well enough.But there are 2 members here who l have sometimes thought copy their discussions from the internet then post it here.
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.@much2say (57649)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Aug 16
@JolietJake I know it. I guess people who try to cheat the system keep on trying to cheat the system. It's stupid, but they must be pretty desperate thinking "this time" they could actually get away with it - like a game or sick hobby for them.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
As you know, it's been going on for years here...and they keep getting caught...yet they keep doing it. Some have even been known to come back and try the same thing again. Just makes no sense to me.
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@akp100 (13640)
• India
19 Aug 16
@JolietJake No problem. It is always good to do so, who knows by this you can make bit change int them.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Aug 16
It's an old problem for sure here, and I know my rant doesn't really do any good, but sometimes I just have to rant.
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@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
18 Aug 16
What if you write something some one else did and give them the credit? Is that allowed or not. I'm new and I come across some really neat thing on my facebook and like to share. But if thats not allowed I will delete the two I did and say "Sorry".
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@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
18 Aug 16
@JolietJake O okay thanks for letting me know. I deleted the two stories I had listed. I won't do that again for sure. Thanks for your post. I learned a lot from it that I needed to know.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
It is for original discussions. We are not even supposed to post something we ourselves have posted somewhere else on the Internet.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Aug 16
Really, because it is easy here...just chat with people, sit back, and let stuff happen. People try to push it for some reason, and wind up with nothing when they are done.
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@marie42 (981)
• Shreveport, Louisiana
18 Aug 16
@JolietJake Actually! some just don't get it.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Aug 16
It's been going on for 10 years here and will probably never change.
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