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larrythefatcat t1_ivtyziw wrote

Reply to comment by Old_timey_brain in Stars over a Boab Tree, Western Australia [1024 x 723] [OC] by VLWphotography

The plagiarism replies are approaching silly, but you clearly know how to use > to denote a quote...

I don't know where I'd side if this went to r/karmacourt

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Old_timey_brain t1_ivtzwvz wrote

Sure, >, or sometimes coming from Reddit, a simple straight vertical line.

But, honest to God, when I say I did some research does that not kind of indicate the same thing?

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lolipoops t1_ivu1rbp wrote

I, for one, appreciate the info. Pay no attention to the salty haters.

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larrythefatcat t1_ivuduwr wrote

> But, honest to God, when I say I did some research does that not kind of indicate the same thing?

I really don't have much of a problem with people copy-pasting info from another site onto Reddit so long as they don't fully pretend they are the ones who came up with it; to be clear, I don't think your reply comes across as a "I made this" situation.

It's just that adding a vertical line or "greater than" symbol would have made it clear that it was a direct quote... or even changing that period before the quote into a colon would have made it absolutely clear that you were copying the text wholesale.

I'm confused as to why merely bringing this up has gotten me downvoted, but then I remembered: Reddit.

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Old_timey_brain t1_ivugwei wrote

> I'm confused as to why merely bringing this up has gotten me downvoted

Sorry to hear that. I gave you an up. Check back in the morning and you'll likely see a different response from the crowd.

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larrythefatcat t1_ivujqfh wrote

It's the smallest of small things in the grand scheme of things and I guess it comes across a little "smartass-y" (especially the tongue-in-cheek reference to r/karmacourt) now that I read it again, so I'm not going to worry about it.

Thank you for being level-headed and I'm glad you seem to understand that I'm attempting (in my own way) to be a mediator in this situation.

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Old_timey_brain t1_ivumdyz wrote

> Thank you for being level-headed and I'm glad you seem to understand that I'm attempting (in my own way) to be a mediator in this situation.

We're all good. Thanks for speaking up. It's been enjoyable having pretty level-headed back and forth.

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