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Blogspam of: https://www.kth.se/en/forskning/artiklar/new-theory-explains-how-earth-s-inner-core-remains-solid-despite-extreme-heat-1.705398 https://www.kth.se

• dang 10y ago
  Ok, we changed to that from http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/10367.html http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/10367.html. I'm pretty sure most of these are press releases intended to be republished, which isn't exactly the same as blogspam (where one site rips off another). Still, original URLs are preferable.
  • DrScump 10y ago
    I never comment against actual press releases, because, hey, that's what they're meant for. "Blogspam" is appropriate for literally ripped content without specific attribution; to then proceed to edit out a byline or other author credit is simple plagiarism. Press Releases always have either an embargo date/time or "For Immediate Release" and a press contact for the originator, in my experience.
    • dang 10y ago
      I'm not sure that's right. We see countless articles, usually originating on university websites, that are PR pieces about research studies. These get reprinted across a wide range of science-content farm sites, which tend to be pretty low quality, but I'm not sure they're copying without permission. It seems more that the system is designed to work this way.