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GoCubsGo

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2. That doesn't just happen on Reddit.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2026, 08:02 AM

Yesterday

I see it all the time in sports-related social media. There are Instagram, Facebook, etc. accounts that take the stories of various professional writers, put a negative spin on them, and then pass them off as their own. It's often the rip-off of the same damn article I had just read earlier in the day. I'm sure it happens on sports-related Reddit, too. They often include "insider" in the name of their accounts, to try to pass themselves off as being legitimate. And people slurp up that bullshit like it's a gourmet meal.

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I'm on a reddit thread. Mods post that someone is stealing the content of the thread and posting it as their own. [View all] Swede Yesterday OP

Various people have been stealing Reddit comments for some time. Irish_Dem Yesterday #1

That doesn't just happen on Reddit. GoCubsGo Yesterday #2

Not really anything new Sympthsical Yesterday #3

If course someone will repeat other people's comments. Duh. If you publish something it's out in the world and you don Srkdqltr Yesterday #4

They're not repeating it, they're copying it a claiming it as their own content. Swede Yesterday #5

Yes, that happens. All the time. It's not steeling. The words are not copyrighted. If that can happen Srkdqltr Yesterday #7

So what is original on DU? usonian Yesterday #6

Does DU claim this content as orignal content? Swede Yesterday #8

I copyrighted one photo. usonian Yesterday #10

Years ago I was searching the internet for some slash a friend of mine wrote. hunter Yesterday #9