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January 5, 2006 at 5:22 am #2180257
How to provide links to articles and webpages?
Lockedby onbliss · about 18 years, 2 months ago
Say, I read a good article in a website and I want to share it in a message board or public forums, I do some of the following:
Option 1
1) I Provide a link
2) Then, I provide the website name. For example, I say : “Source: http://www.techrepublic.com”
3) If there is an author, I mention the name.Option 2
1) I do all of the items in Option 1.
2) Copy and paste the entire article or provide an excerpt.Am I sharing information in the best possible manner? What are your opinions and suggestions?
And, what is your suggestion for sharing (providing links) to images?
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January 5, 2006 at 6:08 am #3095376
Copy and Paste
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to How to provide links to articles and webpages?
I just copy and paste the whole info in the address line from the page that I would want them to start on. Something like:
http://techrepublic.com.com/5218-6230-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=187185&messageID=1917482Is that what you are talking about? Of course, if there is a specific author you would probably want to add his name prior to the link.
If it doesn’t provide a hyperlink they can just click on then they can copy and paste your info in to the address bar of the Internet.
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January 5, 2006 at 10:31 am #3094802
An abstract
by dc guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to How to provide links to articles and webpages?
Remember all those book reports they made you write in school? The purpose was to teach you how to write an abstract.
If you give us a link and 20 people follow it, you’ve just asked 20 people to read the entire article. That’s not very kind and it’s a huge waste of time. Very few people will find it as interesting as you did. They would prefer to see the highlights and then decide whether they want to bother reading the whole thing.
If instead you take the fifteen minutes to write an abstract, 200 people might read it. Most of them will get just as much out of it as they would get out of the original, and the few others will go read the original. Everyone’s time will be used more efficiently.
I have never followed a link from a BBS. I suppose I might have missed a couple of things I would have enjoyed reading, but I was not about to look at all of them in order to find the ones I might like.
There are not enough hours in the day to follow URLs.
Sorry.
Posting the entire article doesn’t help, either. It’s still too long.
A bulletin board is for bulletins, not articles.
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January 6, 2006 at 3:16 pm #3096434
I agree in principle, but
by sterling “chip” camden · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to An abstract
I don’t think it is necessary to write a full abstract. A sentence or two describing what is to be found at the link (a teaser, if you will) is enough. If my intro piques their interest, they can follow the link and read or scan the original. There isn’t enough time in the day to write a formal abstract for everything you’d like to share. And just because you follow the link doesn’t mean you have to read the whole article. Did you ever read “How to Read a Book”, by Mortimer J. Adler? Scan for the good stuff, and only read it all if it’s all important.
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January 5, 2006 at 2:13 pm #3094662
About Copying and Pasting
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to How to provide links to articles and webpages?
Also, if people are counting who is reading which articles, pasting the entire article, as well as turning off some readers, screws this up as noone goes to the link. Why would they? They’ve just read what they came to see.
The other caveat to posting the whole thing, is that those who are making money by “showing ads” to the people passing through their site and/or reading their articles, are missing opportunities to “show” a person an ad, and therefore missing a chance to make a few cents, possibly to cover bandwidth costs, etc. Depends, some places pay per view, some pay only when the ad is clicked on. But if no one sees it, neither happen. (I’m not saying this is right, wrong, annoying, whatever, just that it is what it is.)
I think, depending on where you/the creator live, you can also get into trouble for posting the whole thing, even WITH citing the name.
The best bet is to take a piece of the article, either the piece you found most interesting or most relevant to what you are writing about, quote that in your summary/explination and then link to the rest.
As far as pictures, to link to a pic, just right click it and select “copy link location”. This will give you a link that you can paste that will point directly to the picture. But as stated above with text, there are people that have issues with this.
Fair warning, it is best to skim the site, some people don’t want you to link directly to them, as they may not have the bandwidth to support it. Unless this is stated however, I’d tend to go with the approach above.
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January 6, 2006 at 5:16 am #3095796
Links
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to How to provide links to articles and webpages?
I stated copy and paste the address information as a link not the whole article.
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January 6, 2006 at 7:32 am #3095714
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January 6, 2006 at 8:12 am #3095693
A visit
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Cut him some slack
I guess Guido can see you too after he visits M_A_R_K!! It’s OG OG OG. I’m not sure what a TOG is and probably don’t want to know. 🙂
But, although I have to wade through all this abuse I can still be B-).
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January 6, 2006 at 8:25 am #3095688
But you ARE a TOG!
by gadgetgirl · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to A visit
you’re of the age when you can qualify to listen to this guy if you’re in the UK……
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/wogan/togs.shtml
😀
GG
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January 6, 2006 at 8:32 am #3095685
Oooh
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to But you ARE a TOG!
That is not cool! I don’t qualify for TOG (at least, not in most of it..) You can usually find me with my kids in Youth Group. (Whew, thank goodness they are cool–helps my appearance)
I guess I’m not as old as I thought. Hmmm, does this mean I need to change my name again?? What could it be?
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January 6, 2006 at 8:44 am #3095677
Editing etiquette
by neilb@uk · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Cut him some slack
What you don’t do, Old Guy (formerly The Old Guy), is what Mark____ (insert your own bloody underscores) shamelessly did and so change the content of a post that a following post in answer to your original post now looks stupid. Does that make sense?
Neil 😀
Especially when that following post is [b]mine[/b] and I have to explain the joke to GG and ‘Dawg in peer-mail! Give Mark ____(insert your own bloody underscores) credit, though – he was bloody quick!
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January 6, 2006 at 8:52 am #3095670
I think
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Editing etiquette
I understand it but not completely sure. Did I do the bad etiquette or did Mark or did we both. Man, I am so confused now!!!
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January 6, 2006 at 9:23 am #3095643
It was just some friendly advice
by neilb@uk · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I think
This is the water-cooler (US), saloon bar (UK) – you are amongst friends. Metaphoric beer in hand, chewing over the woes of the world. At least that’s how it should be.
The [Edit] is so useful for correcting typos and just plain idiot word-order and you can use it without accepting censure from the unelected post-police.
I do believe, however, that you have to give up the right to completely change the point of any post and maroon a reply high and dry but you are still allowed to edit any post that makes you look more of an idiot than you would like to be.
Neil 😀
Unless, of course, it’s funny…
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January 6, 2006 at 9:35 am #3095631
I wish
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to It was just some friendly advice
You could *delete* posts tho. (Like you post and 2 seconds later you realize it makes no sense cause you misread it…. lol)
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January 6, 2006 at 7:54 am #3095707
Some of both
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to How to provide links to articles and webpages?
I do option 1, but I will also copy and paste a few main points from the article.
This gets the idea across for people without a lot of time to be reading screen after screen your copy and paste, yet it proviceds the ability for people that DO have the time to get more out of the article if they chose, or to verify that nothing was “taken out of context”.
Just remember the http:// so it will show up as a like they can just click on. Make it easy for the reader.
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January 6, 2006 at 7:58 am #3095703
Important about posting links
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Some of both
do NOT post long URL’s.
go to http://tinyurl.com/ and paste your long url in and convert. Then paste this short url in your discussion like this!
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January 6, 2006 at 8:14 am #3095692
Wow
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Important about posting links
I had no idea this existed. I’ve seen the tiny link before but didn’t realize what it was doing. Thanks for sharing that. Wow, I keep learning something new every day. I guess I’m not as OLD as SOME people try to make me out to be. 🙂
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January 6, 2006 at 9:39 am #3095629
Let me go
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to How about…
over to my moms house and get a few and we can play catch!
how about the removable platters BIGGER than your noggin? Got some of those too!
Oh, you can duck OR run, but not both. B-)
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January 6, 2006 at 9:44 am #3095624
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January 6, 2006 at 9:39 am #3095628
meep!
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
Hmm… Being that I generally get told that I look somewhere about 12-16, (I’m 25 damnit! lol) I think I’m just going to slip away reeeaaaal quiet-like and hide from Jd…..
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January 6, 2006 at 9:44 am #3095623
WOW
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
Song, with YOU replying to my post, that could be taken to mean something ENTIRELY different than what I had in mind! :O Oh my goodness!
Here little girl, I have CANDY! ]:)
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January 6, 2006 at 9:54 am #3095610
Candy?
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
*peeks out from under her hidey-hole curiously* What kind? *also notes the metal cuffs and some other “strange things” on the floor behind him*
Not only can I take a joke, I can give it back too ]:)However, what I CAN’T do… is figure out how to italicize something.
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January 6, 2006 at 10:00 am #3096585
You better watch it, jd
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
Remember, tearsong said she looks 12-14. It might be a trap! :O
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January 6, 2006 at 10:08 am #3096580
italicize
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
use the [ and ] instead of < and >
i and /i italicize
b and /b boldHmmm, forgot about that looking 12 thing…. You got some ID young lady? ]:)
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January 6, 2006 at 10:21 am #3096577
u.u
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
hmmph. Yes DAD, I’m old enough! *passes an ID that looks a bit suspicious* (Well, they DID just change NY Drivers Licenses… lol) *grabs it back before he can notice the spiked collar and the colored streaks that were in her hair when the pic was taken in college*
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January 6, 2006 at 11:28 am #3096533
Re: Italicize
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
And thanks for the tip!
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January 6, 2006 at 11:52 am #3096516
Tips
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
Ole (not old but ole), jd is just full of em.
Where’s that driver’s license? 🙂
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January 6, 2006 at 12:41 pm #3096489
License
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
*shows him with her thumb over the pic*
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January 6, 2006 at 12:53 pm #3096483
Ok
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
So I’m scared now.
Actually, if you really did/do have the spiked and purple hair I have a really funny story from my in-laws over the Christmas holidays about one of the new brides to their family.
Everybody loves her to death but what one of the aunts said on first meeting was hilarious.
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January 6, 2006 at 1:12 pm #3096469
Lol,
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
I used to. My hair was/is too long to spike, but I used to bleach two streaks down the sides of my face and dye them diff colors… red… purple… blue… (well, it was SUPPOSED to be blue… came out green.) Sometimes red at the top, purple at bottom, etc.
Now-a-days, I have an office job… no more spikes, chains, dyed hair or punky/gothy clothes. At least not during office hours. ]:)
And Re: story… do tell! Lol.
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January 6, 2006 at 1:27 pm #3096460
Oh my…
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
did you say “chains”? :O
Any whips too? ;\
No more spikes huh? Got to maintain the illusion of respectablitiy after all! Lets you get that job so you have more money to party with!
But your music is probably too [b]mellow. [/b] It just would never work out….. B-)
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January 6, 2006 at 1:54 pm #3096449
Legal?
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
Legal for what? :O
Chains… you know… like the kind that look cool when you hang them off your pants? and what were YOU thinking hmm?
Whips… Well, there IS the one over by… Oops… We won’t go into that. *whistles innocently* ;\
If by mellow you mean trance, industrial, rave, hardcore… sure. :p and toss in Blind Melon, R.E.M, and Jefferson’s White Rabbit for fun… I have a softer side too ya know.
Oh yeah, Simon & Garfunkel kick ass too…
…..Have I earned the candy yet?
[i]Note: 21 is legal for everything in the US :p[/i]
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January 6, 2006 at 2:06 pm #3096447
The perfect end
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
of a work week!
Come slam dancing with me at a Mudvayne concert, or watch the freak show at a Marilyn Manson show or even get wacked out at a Slipknot show!
Now THAT is entertainment!
Well, the whip is grand entertainment too!
Chains hanging from pants, well I guess that is a good enough place to keep them until your ready to USE them! ]:)
(legal for what? If you have to ask the question, your not going to understand the answer!)
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January 6, 2006 at 2:36 pm #3096442
I tend to be…
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
a bit on the sarcastic side. 😛 (Re: legal for what) Hey, looking completely innocent is hard work!
The only problem to attending concerts is that I am in NY, and you’re in MI 😛
And Manson’s Sweet Dreams is among my all time top favorite songs… Lol
Though I’ll admit to being a concert virgin… None of my friends really like the same kinds of music I do… Okay, they absolutely hate it, but I forgive them.
Only concert I’ve ever been to was Ani Defranco. While I DO like her music (mostly her older stuff), I wish I could have gone to see MSI, Mudvane… Before I get too old to see them! Lol. But going by yourself doesn’t sound much fun.
And I suppose you [i]exactly[/i] how those chains feel, hmm? Sized just for you?
Btw, if you’re trying to scare me off, yer not doin’ a very good job. :p
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January 6, 2006 at 4:00 pm #3096425
Scare you?
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
Why would I want to scare a sweet young ex-goth? ;\
(oh, to do the sticking tongue out, it is a LOWERCASE “p” :p)
Concerts. I take my 13 year old twins to between 5 and 10 concerts every year. They LOVED Mudvayne! (state theater in Detroit)
I also like to clear the pits at Ozfest every year.
NY huh? I was suppose to take a trip there last summer to see my Aunt, but spent all my money on a divorce instead of a vacation. A good investment!
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January 6, 2006 at 4:27 pm #3096419
Re: Tongue
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
Yeah, but the face looks kinda…. ew. Lol. Usually I don’t use the stupid yellow faces at all, preferring the text variation.
Re: Divorce. Well, ya do what ya gotta do. You can see your Aunt the next (coming) summer… but a divorce is forever! (Okay, that was a horrible play on an engagement ring… I’ll shut up now…) I hope that went (is going?) well for you.
And it’s not “ex”-goth…. merely… “goth-in-hiding”. 😀 When a friend of mine comes up from Kentucky, I’m taking a week off, breaking out my vinyl clothing, and bringing back my streaks damnit!
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January 6, 2006 at 7:55 pm #3096388
I am sure
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
that is something to see!
still have all the dark makeup ready to roll?
jam out some cure? :p (saw them about three years ago. oh what a freek show. The only fans that are weirder would be a tossup between Korn and Manson.
Divorce. Life is good thanks to the support I got here in my divorce discussion. Would not have turned out so well, nor as sane if wasn’t for that. Great therapy! Great advice! Great doses of reality!
Going good for me, going bad for EX. All her bad Karma has come back to take a toll on her and has kicked her a$$, hard. Not my problem, not my concern.
Horrible play is still play. play is good.
hey, they need to make a goth emoicon! 😀 That would be something!
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January 9, 2006 at 9:53 am #3080466
Makeup…
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to I would hate to disagree
Well, can’t say I ever really used make-up, but the hair-dye is most definately ready.
And yes, they do need a goth emote. Something suitably depressing.
::goes off to more trained-simian work::
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January 6, 2006 at 4:41 pm #3096414
What’s so bad about loooong URLs?
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Important about posting links
Can’t get much longer than the one below. Let’s see if it works…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_sharon;_ylt=AhpyFR7omVtlDtL5WHXi5ais0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ– -
January 6, 2006 at 4:44 pm #3096412
Yep, works fine
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to What’s so bad about loooong URLs?
It’s actually about 20 characters longer than what you see in my post. So why go through the trouble of downsizing it?
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January 6, 2006 at 7:41 pm #3096389
well K_R_A_M
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to What’s so bad about loooong URLs?
sometimes they get broken, esp if you email them.
It also looks sloppy, thus maing YOU look sloppy.
Get in step tex! 😀
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January 6, 2006 at 9:51 am #3095612
Ok
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to How to provide links to articles and webpages?
“I read a good article in a website”
[i]man, that is such an old joke but I just had to do it……
“No, I’m not crazy and don’t call me Shirley!”
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January 6, 2006 at 2:18 pm #3096444
How can such a simple question
by m_a_r_k · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to How to provide links to articles and webpages?
generate so many complicated responses?
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January 6, 2006 at 2:42 pm #3096441
Have you…
by noyoki · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to How can such a simple question
actually *read* the posts? I think there are about 10 that are actually on topic… and that’s being generous… LOL!
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February 17, 2006 at 10:32 am #3252304
Lol,
by noyoki · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to No I haven’t
touche :p
(Add an apostrophe above the ‘e’ in your head if you need it. I’m too lazy to figure out which ASCII combo it is…)
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January 6, 2006 at 2:45 pm #3096440
That’s because
by old guy · about 18 years, 2 months ago
In reply to How can such a simple question
we’re in here.
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February 16, 2006 at 9:19 am #3254631
Thanks to all of you….
by onbliss · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to How to provide links to articles and webpages?
…who shared your thoughts.
Looks like my Option#2, with an excerpt/abstract (a really short one) is the best way to go?
I read somewhere that one ought to provide a link to the homepage of the website that carries the article, and not the link to the article directly.
Would I be infringing on any copyrights of any sort if I have the ability to copy+paste the entire article, plus give due credits to the author+source and provide the links?
Thanks
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February 16, 2006 at 10:11 am #3253634
As I stated before
by noyoki · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to Thanks to all of you….
Copyright infringement is a maybe. However what you will be doing is taking away page-hits. Say 100 people see [i]*their*[/i] article on [i]*your*[/i] site. That is 100 people that don’t bother to click onto their site. That means 100 hits that their counter doesn’t display (possibly meaning that management thinks the project is a bust and pulls funding) or 100 people that don’t view the advertisements (such as Google AdSense), costing the company/person revenue. If 100 less people “see” the paid advertisements, advertisers start looking elsewhere and take their money with them.
They can’t call you on plagerism precisely (because it’s basic definition (as far as I know) is stealing someobe else’s work and taking credit for it) unless they say specifically that you can’t repost (because they then just told you you’re not allowed to do it), but they can call you on the above.
Besides, that’s just rude. They work hard to put content on their site to keep their viewers happy and on [i]*their*[/i], not just so some kid can steal it and post every other article on his/her own site every week or even once.
If you are posting a small bit about the article, or quote a few lines, that drives people to their site. This is fine. Posting the whole thing in its entirety defeats the purpose of the original site.
Unless the author gives express permission to repost the entire thing on another site, you may as well rob a store of 25/100 items and sell them on your own site, while saying you got them from Target.
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February 16, 2006 at 10:22 am #3253626
I do see your point
by onbliss · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to As I stated before
Another aspect is that some folks do not ALWAYS like to click the links and go to different websites. In the forums, yahoo/msn groups etc. that I participate I have seen people expressing inclination to directly read the stuff.
My guess is that when a person moves to an external website to read an article, it is highly probable that something else might catch the eye and they kind of wander around the Net. Probably they want to remain focused on the subject matter.
Just a guess 😛
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February 16, 2006 at 1:17 pm #3253514
What you are experiencing
by jdclyde · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to I do see your point
is people that are too lazy to do anything but consume what you have set in front of them.
Give the meat, make your point, provide the link for the ones that want the details.
I post directly to the page the article is on, not a front page. They should never have to look around to find the article.
( oh yeah, it is lower case “p” :p )
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February 17, 2006 at 9:55 am #3252321
p vs P
by onbliss · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to What you are experiencing
At first, I did not realize the reference to lower case. Now I do :p
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February 17, 2006 at 11:37 am #3252247
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February 16, 2006 at 1:55 pm #3253479
Of course
by noyoki · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to I do see your point
Of course people want to read it right then and there. People want everything and they want it now. However, by saying the general masses want a new car and they want it now, does that mean you can steal a few cars to sell on your own site, without having to pay for manufacturing, labor, paint, electronics, etc?
I think people will stand to click on one single link that takes them to the desired article if they want to read it. One link will not have them “wandering the net”. Especially if they have Firefox and open them in a new tab, they can then close this tab and resume their browsing and if they want to come back to your site without using the tab feature, it is only a back-button away.
Seriously, pretend you were working for the NY Times newspaper (one of the biggest in NY). You spent time, effort, and money into composing a piece every week and sponsers were paying you to show their ads on the site with your writing. Then someone else went and copied the entire thing to their own site, bypassing the advertisers ads, and your counters. Now, you are no longer sure how many people were reading the article and you aren’t getting paid by the advertisers, who eventually walk away.
How would you feel?
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February 17, 2006 at 9:53 am #3252322
If I am in business…
by onbliss · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to Of course
….I would always be sorry to lose business.
A person has to search only little hard to find the “Times Select” articles on other websites. How does NY Times even allow this to happen. I have seen Thomas Friedman’s articles elsewhere.
Firefox or not, Internet is too newsy/juicy and it is easy to really wander :-), unless someone is really focused.
An important distinction that I want to bring out is that not all websites operate on a fully scale commercial basis. There are several univeristy sites, think-tank websites etcetra who are not always on the look out for making money out of their essays, documents or articles. I would like to thank those websites and authors by providing credits.
I have also seen people in their zeal to share information, copy+paste content that are accessible only via a subscription basis on post them on email-lists/groups.
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February 17, 2006 at 10:31 am #3252306
I’m glad to see,
by noyoki · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to If I am in business…
that you think it is acceptable, just because it “is done elsewhere”.
People also kill others, so I guess that’s alright too.
> “Firefox or not, Internet is too newsy/juicy and it is easy to really wander :), unless someone is really focused.”
How hard is it to remember to click the middle button to open a new tab? Then shut it when you are finished? I’m sorry, but if a person is THAT lazy, do you really feel good about yourself by stealing content for your own site [i]JUST[/i] to accomodate [i]THAT[/i]?
Do what you will, I’m not going to be able to stop you, obviously. I will tell you that you get no sympathy from me when you get shut down and fined when you copy someone’s work after the fine-print says you aren’t allowed to.
You also might find that being creative is also fun. Not just stealing from others.
I think I’ve made my point, so I’ll stop here. This has turned into an argument, not just asking for information. You are either going to do it or you aren’t. End of story.
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February 17, 2006 at 11:34 am #3252253
Yes you made your point…
by onbliss · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to I’m glad to see,
…and I acknowledged it.
I am just trying to present a picture of what is happening out there. That does not mean, that I am going to follow suit.
Once information has been gathered or during the process of gathering, is it unreasonable for people to discuss things? That is what I thought we were doing.
Just the other day, someone offered me to loan a DVD for me to watch. Isn’t that someone actually cutting into the profits of the movie makers? Such things are common occurances.
I have referred to in my posts: email lists, forums, yahoo/msn groups etcetra. I have never said anything about website or placing contents there. You did jump to conclusions :p
And also, you are trying to portray a wrong picture of me – that being I am out to steal somebody’s work. I see I must have touched some raw nerve for you to jump upon me this way. So I too feel this is the end of the story. Thanks for your thoughts.
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February 17, 2006 at 11:56 am #3252239
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February 17, 2006 at 11:59 am #3252236
Read this one. It won’t let me edit the other.
by noyoki · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to I’m glad to see,
> “I have referred to in my posts: email lists, forums, yahoo/msn groups etcetra.”
> “I have never said anything about website”
Um… So forums, groups, and lists are less than a website. Now, mind you, 2 of those 3 actually get POSTED to a website (and the 3rd sometimes does as well).
So the fact that you are posting it to a site not owned by you is irrelevant.
This is no longer a “discussion”, but rather, turned into a
“but _____”
“and you’re still stealing someone else’s work”
“but others do it”
“would you like it if it was done to you?”
“but its not on a website”
“its still posted on the web”Do you see what I’m talking about? I don’t have time for a debate.
I responded to a question for information.
Not for a request to debate said information.If someone else has something else to add/subtract, this is fine. But I don’t really appreciate being forced to defend myself.
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February 17, 2006 at 12:17 pm #3252228
I am sorry…
by onbliss · about 18 years, 1 month ago
In reply to I’m glad to see,
…that you had to waste so much time on account of me. Thanks again.
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