For bloggers there is a constant push to post content.  In some cases, the content is new, original, and even sometimes funny.  However, there are also some cases that the push is either too demanding or for certain monetary reasons that a blogger might choose to turn to a set of dubious activities:

• Flat-out plagiarism
• Re-posting of content (without much insight or individual thought)

Of the two, plagiarism and blogging have always been bosom buddies.  After all, plagiarism is the world's second oldest profession.  So, when blogging stepped onto the stage it seemed natural it would also fall prey it.  Nevertheless, in my opinion, plagiarism and blogging is a very sinister act.  I make this statement because the act of blogging is a very public activity that takes place in a very crowded environment (at last count there are now over 100 million blogs).  When something is plagiarized in such a crowded public forum, it hurts.  Adding salt to the wound is the almost impossible task of trying to track down and deal with each individual instance of plagiarism.

Now, the second item that I listed is a really big pet-peeve of mine.  For you see, it drives me nuts when I'm trying to find something, and the information that I'm searching for happens to be located within a really good blog posting.  However, to get to that information, I end having to weed through a half-dozen reposts (thanks Google).  Now, I have myself reposted things from time-to-time.  But, I tend to limit the posts to once in a blue moon and at least give some commentary about the original post I'm referring to.  So, the "reposting act" that irks me is when I come across an entire blog that consists of just reposts and a bunch of ads.

***Disclaimer***

I'm not writing this post because content was stolen from me (or at least that I know of).  Rather, it was a topic that popped into my mind while looking at an ad strewn blog.

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Which brings me to the true point of this blog, stealing is not cool...