now this is disgusting at mylot :( !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello totalearnings, I know what you mean. I think I know what you're describing. I saw somewhere with this smiley face exactly like yours. I got a little confused when I saw the username is not you. But really...this thing has been going on and on and I don't know when its gonna stop. Everyone are welcome to join at mylot and sickos are roaming around mylot. I wouldn't be surprise when I saw another one cmplaining about such incident like yours. Just report that person to mylot and you do your posting. All the best.

It's not right to copy other people's posts and make them look as their own by editing a part of it. That is against the mylot guidelines. As for the avatar - Did you create it and/or own copyright to it? Of yes, you can take action, but if not - tough luck onfortunately :( But the person who created it could take action agaist you.. (but won't obviously..).

hey friend,,, i can understand how much would you be feeling as pissed off... but take the things easily....see if someone steals yur words or thouhgts,,,,he for sure must be dealt with..... but if you say that two pewople have a discusssion about a same theme,,,, then it wudnt be called as cheating....and that is quite obvious...I or anyone would never ever see the "COMPLETE"HUGE"LIST" of discussions.....before posting a new one....so themes can match... please don;t think I am advocating acts of spamming and copying..... to mention, I must tell you that I have a very very cleanshit record here at mylot..... but if someone has copied your pictures or avatars, I would say that he can copy it unless he is using it on the sit..... he may use it anywhere else na....who is stopping him..... and even if he did that to me,,, I woulnd't have matter that much..coz friends would definitely be more important for me than avatars..... but still u can personally ask the guy na not to use that particular avatar.....and is it so that this avatar is your copyrighted image on internet or waht.... see please dont misunderstand me....just try to 'understand' me.... it is very easy and basic if u want to take it lightly...at the same time you can definitley creeate an issure , a fuss about it...its all ur wish how you take it?

It is true, my friend. Many of my discussions have been paraphrased or elaborated on sneakily. I am sorry to hear that it is the same for you too. We can't do much, can we? Some people just lack originality. :P At least I take pride that my discussions normally fare better than the stolen ones. ^^ PS.: How did you even make your avatar animated? I just made mine to be animated - but after uploading, only the first frame is shown! :(

I hope u hav reported them cause this really is not good.It will definetely curb the interest u hav in ur work.I fail to imagine just how can anyone be satisfied in stealing others peoples work. Its good that u hav brought this topic up atleast ur frnds will know that they hav to look for u before they respond to anything similar.But dont let this effect ur writings they will not last long as they r not original.lol.

Dear totalearnings, if there are such indecent and lousy mylotters, just let them be...YOu should know that everywhere there is bound to have a black sheep which causes the down fall of all the rest. Whats important at this point in time, shoud have been all the way where other mylotters whom appreciates and knows your work or posts which is geninue and sincere, words that is from your heart...That is the true spirit of MYLOT.COM forums. People know you by your words and frankly speaking avatars are just symbols. Anyway, thanks for sharing with us.

Oh total, I saw the other user's avatar and almost mistook it to be you. I really like your avatar, which is very cute and was wondering how another can use it in spite of knowing you have it. I totally agree it IS disgusting and only speaks volumes of the unworthiness of the user. Not very good for their reputation eh? I had trouble accepting users who copied part of discussions I started and pasting it as their own responses. That is really stupid and down right cheating! Some people are like that, inconsiderate and want nothing else but to make money! :(

I dont know about copying avatars but as far as copying posts goes - there are thousands of discussions on Mylot and it is not possible for say someone who has joined Mylot to read through all the old discussions. So they inadvertently may end up starting a discussion similar to the one that has already been posted before. I am giving the benefit of doubt to these people here coz it maybe true for some people. I think what can be done is maybe restrict the psoting of similar topics in the same week or something. Does that make sense?

I can completely understand your anger, and I wish that we could do something about it. The only thing I can think of is to report this member to myLot staff, and let them deal with him. What he have done is wrong, and should not be doing it. I hope that he will get what he deserves.

i have noticed many people like that here who just copied the avatars of other members with many posts or of those who r popular members and amazingly such people really have guts to upload them on their profiles!! it's really annoying and disrespecful in my opinion.their intentions r to attract others to reply to their posts and it's just so rediculous!i think the only way to discourage them is to report them whenever someone notices such a thing.

i was in shock when i read what you wrote i think the all thing in here is to write your own posts and respond your own unique way iw ould have reported all of this to my lot

i can understand being offended about copying other people's answers, but perhaps you both just think the same way?? as for the avatar....well, i doubt that you drew that personally and therefore it's free for the world to use. now, if you did draw it and create it yourself...then copyright it and then no one else can use it!! simple, really. have a happy day.

I think it is wrong as well to take other members work. I would either bring it up to them or report this. I mean come on this is a place you come to add a thought you might have. That means your own words. Are they a brain fart away from no knowledge of their own? I like your avatar as well, and sorry someone felt they needed to take it. They could have at least ask, specially if it was a friend.

I agree 100%.. i think someone the other day copied my discussion topic about "The Odyssey" the epic written by Homer. I was like what is this, do i need a copywright for my work? It's very frustrating having someone else just copy your stuff and still get the same credit and maybe even better responses.

I don't think that is right to copy other Mylot friends....I think we should try to come up with our own ideas..When i see your aviator,I know its you and that makes me feel like i know you and your posting,but if someone copies it that is confusing...I have also saw a lot of the same post too but did not know they were copying...Mylotters should be ashamed of your selfs if you continue to copy...Shame on you!

I think people like this should be reported. It isn't fair when people put in lots of effort on the site and someone else gets rewarded for it.

its really bad but is there any possibility thAt they could have thought for it themselves but its just a coincidence that it got matched with yours,just wondering you must know better

Yeah I know it is sad if people do that. But I don't think you should care about it. You do what you need to do ... You know sometimes I post discussion subject and don't even know that someone wrote something similar. But I now it is other story

I've noticed that too. For some of my more popular posts afterwards there were posts that were very similar to mine. Its just annoying and insulting to do that to others. Especially in the case that its someone how is on your friends list. Though unfortunately this will happen because a lot of people are only on here to earn money and don't care what they have to do to get it.

I guess some of mylot members are really taking advantage of other members, which is definitely not acceptable. I hope someone can do something about this so we could have a harmonious relationship here in mylot. Let's keep this community a give and take community.