I had a comment from someone named "Anonymous" that was posted today at 9:39 am (it shows up as 10:39 am in the logs below). It was posted at the bottom of Sunday's blog post. It can be viewed here:
At first, I read the comment and I was touched that an individual would be concerned about me and feel strongly about sharing some supportive information with me [even if I did feel that it was a little out-of-date for where I am with the whole SL addiction thing]. One thing was nagging at me, however. I noticed that the main idea in the paragraph looked a little...I don't know...formal...almost like a textbook. I did a quick google-search of the words and I discovered that the "comment" was almost verbatim (apart from the words "you chose sl over spending time with your child or husband" and the individual who posted this comment also omitted using the word "our" in the last sentence and instead added the words "on line, as are support groups.") the rest of the "comment" was copy/pasted from a website on Internet Addiction from a Community Counseling Services web page in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
If you follow the link, you can see the "comment" is actually a portion of the last paragraph on the web page and I am including a copy of the link here in case anyone is interested in reading the full details on the topic for themselves.
I like to always make sure I notate carefully when I include information from other sources on this blog - as a former English major, I am sensitive to anything documented in this blog being accused of plagiarism.
I know how I feel personally when I write something and someone else uses it without my permission and takes it as their own without giving me the credit I am owed. Effective immediately I have removed the option to post comments without my permission so that I can approve all comments prior to publication.
It's my blog - I feel very VERY strongly about people not posting things that they do not note the source of in a post.
Now, as for the idea behind the "comment" - I agree completely with anonymous that if people feel that an addiction they have is currently out of their control, they should seek assistance from a counselor, a psychologist or any other people that might be able to help them. I have mentioned something to that effect several times in my blog and I have included resources that state that at the top right-hand side of every page of my blog.
Emerging healthy is absolutely the number one goal of this blog.
I hope anonymous has taken some of their own advice. After finding this, I decided to check my stats a little closer for the day and I discovered something interesting.
The individual who posted this comment (***as you can see starred below***) accessed my blog 49 times today as of 7:27 pm, Mountain time.
I removed all identifying information (like the IP address), but I did leave in the country, the time stamp, the screen size and the viewer type on each hit - the country, screen size and viewer are all identical. For the record, the average reader of this blog acesses the blog 1.7 times daily - this includes going from one page to another. 49 hits, while a huge compliment to me and to my writing, is a bit out-of-the-norm for the average reader. I guess that makes them an "above average" reader!
If the individual who wishes to remain anonymous did this for some sort of malicious reasons (although I am finding trouble finding the motive behind that), I hope that they will not choose to continue this behavior. If the individual did this out of genuine concern for me, I have my email address at the top right-hand corner of the blog. I would be happy to email with anyone about any personal concerns that anyone has for me.
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So let me get this straight, your little Canadian friend is apparently obsessed with your blog about obsession? How utterly ironic. :)
ReplyDeleteNow, what was the purpose of your anonymous friend's plagiarism? Obviously the information posted is ridiculously redundant, considering you have repeatedly advised the pursuit of therapy with an experienced clinician. Your anonymous friend didn't leave any publicly identifiable information, so my guess is your Canadian friend is trying to play at being smart for the benefit of someone else. As in, "look what I posted, I'm so smart!" It would be interesting to note any other blog hits when that comment was posted.
The internet affords anyone the opportunity to play at being intellectual. I can copy and paste Einstein's Theory of Relativity, but I'm no physicist. I do, however, possess a brain and some internet smarts. I don't have to be a physicist to know that one can track blog hits and be provided with information such as IP address, country of origin, frequency of visits, and other interesting information. ;)
I enjoy reading your daily blog entries, they are well written, interesting, and informative. I also appreciate the fact you do not have to rely on copied and pasted information in order to achieve that level of quality in your writing.