Here's a good example: http://waxy.org/2009/04/all_things_digital_and_transparency_in_online_journalism/ http://waxy.org/2009/04/all_things_digital_and_transpa

Here's a good example: http://waxy.org/2009/04/all_things_digital_and_transparency_in_online_journalism/ http://waxy.org/2009/04/all_things_digital_and_transparency_... The short of it being that identity is paramount online. Stealing content can be a copyright issue, but stepping into someone else's voice and holding someone else's creative content as your own is simply evil. With proper, comprehensive attribution there's some flex to go around, but even then it's generally something done with consent and grace. Cross-posting someone else's comment might just be borrowing their pencil for an argument, but since it's kind of an amazing pencil and now you're showing it off to your friends like it's your own, you should expect cold stares when you give it back.