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Jo Potocki helps pro choice movements.

Bad, Naughty FanBoxer!

I've only had this happen a few times here on FanBox but it does happen. Someone will like a post A LOT and they will cut and paste it and put the post on their own FanBox Blog.
Now, most people will consider this bad behavior.

This particular person stole my post, put it on their blog and I commented on her post it was really bad form to just put up another member's post as if she wrote it.
She deleted my comment.

I sent her an email and

49 Comments

Its sad when people do that... I mean there are so many ways to give credit as you said with the linking she would have received 80% and if she would have made an ad from your post she would have received 90%. These are good figures with you still getting some kind of profit also :-) Sorry this happened....

19 months ago

Thanks Jenny Lee :) . If it can help show people what NOT to do on FanBox well at least something positive came out of it.

19 months ago

i have seen the blogs...they are identical...i was the only one who posted in her blog...i've deleted my post...it is very bad to copy and paste like that...she should have modified the contents if she wants to use your blog...feel sorry for you...anyway your blog is helping us a lot in blogging in fanbox...thanks

19 months ago

Thank you Matt Weber - I appreciate your support!

19 months ago

She gave the rest of us a pretty solid example of "If You Didn't Write It, Show Your Source", as you mentioned in the original post. Even though it is a fairly cut and dry subject, visual examples are always nice ~~ Maybe she was trying to help? ....LOL,... unintentionally!! Thanks for the awesome (original) post!! Very good teacher!

As for the other girl, Tsk Tsk, Tsk!!

Thank You :)

19 months ago

This sucks! She could have just created an ad for your post....not cool! :(

19 months ago

Honestly I have never seen this happen before on here. That is just awful in my opinion, especially if you emailed her about it and she removed your comment on hers. I agree, it is greedy and just plain rude. Sorry this happened to you.

19 months ago

@Ashley - the irony that she stole a post that talked about not stealing posts and showing a source wasn't lost on me LOLOLOLOLOLOL

19 months ago

I can see where this would be very irritating to have done to you.

19 months ago

She( may be he) can quote your post, or as you said link, like all normal fanboxers do.

I like original, but I also use like youtube videos.

When I quote someone's work, from book or internet, I study it detail from multiple sourses for one topic, till I understand, and then I make my own notes from my understanding.

There must be a rule here on fanbox, to prevent that happening again.
I am with you, Jo..xx

19 months ago

It sucks that you were plagerized (sp?).

i prefer to read people's original content and information. The least she could've done was summarized your post and linked it. I like to write original content and i like to read it too. It takes a lot of time and energy to write things and i find that you or anybody on here shouldn't have to go through that. I felt like it was a disrespect not only just to you but to Fanbox and the fanbox community as well.

let's just say karma will have a way of working things out.

19 months ago

i see those post...your post and the other post...it's look ,photo copy...this is not right...she can link your post..not to copy all the content of your post...Let JC knows this activity and I think JC will do something to warn this FanBoxer!
We support you!
Jake

19 months ago

Other than the 2 paragraphs above do the research there is no difference. I know I would never do that and if I did I would ask the person that wrote if I could use it but it would only be for how the post is laid out and then I would put my own words into it.
You have my support.
Joe

19 months ago

This just sucks! I saw the post and they're identical! I had this happen in part to me here too JoLynn and that person is no longer here in the community any longer! Stealing other peoples hard work is punishable by account deletion.

I removed this person from my fan list! I will not post to her in the future!

I am sorry this happen to you. No matter how much we tell people and educate them in the proper manners, there is always some that take the cheaters way out.

19 months ago

JoLynn, just try to send her a pvt mssg, letting her know about the consequences in future by fanbox.

Wait for a day or two and if she has still not deleted her post, then contact the customer support regarding this....

19 months ago

Don't sweat nor fret it Mrs. JP. God don't like ugly, a thief ultimately never prospers, ill-gotten gains ne'er remain and karma is well you know. Justice will be delivered. Until as you are and always will be, luck be a lady. Continued blessed success.

19 months ago

@Strange = I sent her a private message as well as posted a comment and she deleted my comment and ignored my message. It's not really a big enough issue to me to go to customer service, I just wanted to point out a great example of some very naughty behavior.

19 months ago

: i know how you feeL, i aLso experienced the same & posted her on my bLog BEWARE OF THESE PEOPLE. when i asked her about the post she just Laughed at me & asked me to just copy one of her post too.. actuaLLy before that happened i thought she was nice because she often visits my posts but after that i aLready remove her from my fans & i aLso un-fan her.

19 months ago

@Sweet Chriz - awww that sucks. I wonder if the post she offered you was stolen from someone else?

19 months ago

the post nor the blog is not capable to copy they are lock on how they do that sir?

19 months ago

I have my blogs open to copy so if someone wants to copy a portion, well they can, who wants to retype all that? The person that stole my blog post locked her down LOL...which is really funny if you think about it. LOLOLOL

19 months ago

WOW - in such bad form. Shame on her. Although you do write a mean blog :)

19 months ago

Thanks girlfriend! :)

19 months ago

Well, that is just not fair huh? We all have our own unique approach to blogging. I guess she just got tired of coming up with a topic for today. Good that you found it, I wouldn`t have any idea, there are so many blogs out there. I often don`t see a comment on my own blog for a month after it`s written. Do you check all your advertised posts every day? Were you just lucky to see it on the feed? Regardless you are on it lady. You know what`s going on!

19 months ago

: yes i think it is! because i saw a comment from my post that the same person aLso copied one of his post.

19 months ago

I can't take credit, actually Zoe contacted me which just shows FanBoxers look out for each other :)

19 months ago

This sucks that this would happen, hope less people do it.

19 months ago

That is just bad bad bad and to the ones that do this your bad bad bad

19 months ago


WE WILL ALWAYS BE WARE
LOVE THIS POST

19 months ago

very well
must expose one to do .

19 months ago

This is not acceptable to the fanbox community. I would suggest that you please inform her about the bad behavior that was made so that she will not do it again. This is a matter of informing her that what she did was wrong.

19 months ago

correct, not good. but maybe she thought it is OK.

19 months ago

she must be banned permanently

19 months ago

she already has been informed :) why dis deleted the comment? it´s a bad behaiviour but.....those things don´t last too much so....in my opinion she will lose.

19 months ago

We only support original :)
Thanks for showing us this user :)

18 months ago

copycat blogger wont succeed here,,,,

18 months ago

@Romel - you're right!

18 months ago

Never thought anyone would do copy-paste method inside of fanbox.

18 months ago

Well anyone doing that is likely to be lazy. And it's certainly not ethical. Sooner or later they get found out and it does them no good.

18 months ago

its very strange,,,i cant believe it..how can she do that....very bad....

17 months ago

Shameful fr that,which do this negative practice....Very bad & sad.,,,We all have aim to work as a family or community of Fambox..Not a full meaning of earning,Need to gain knowledge with exchage,wonderful,interested,entertainment,blogs,but fair to eachother,with open mind.SUCH KIND OF NEGATIVE ACTIVITIES BECOME CAN'T BE APPRICITED....Good post.Thanks fr sharing.

17 months ago

OMG ... I hate such people who copy others posts without permission. This happened to me also for my blog on Ring Finger. and now happening for my blog of contest earnbyfanbox.blogspot.com. I don't know what to do..why people do this .. :( :(

16 months ago

nice sharing

3 months ago