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Sorry, I know it's fun to rail on TC, but I'm not sure I see the blatant plagiarism that you do. It's definitely not word-for-word, and while the concept is the

Sorry, I know it's fun to rail on TC, but I'm not sure I see the blatant plagiarism that you do. It's definitely not word-for-word, and while the concept is the same, I'm not sure that proves anything. Aside from whether they did plagiarize your article, there's pretty much nothing you can do. Even if they had cut and pasted your article verbatim, I doubt you could do much other than maybe email some other bloggers with an axe to grind against TC and see if they'd throw some gas on the fire for you. But with something this vague? Good luck :-/

siruva07 16y ago
Wikipedia defines plagiarism as: "the wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions, and the representation of them as one's own original work" it doesn't have to be verbatim. even if she got some bit of inspiration from me, when in doubt she should source her story. i agree that i can't really do anything, which is why I'm asking HN...
- ryanwaggoner 16y ago
  I get that it doesn't have to be verbatim, but it seems pretty vague to me. I think you're wasting your time. What outcome do you really want here? Why did you write the post in the first place?
  - siruva07 16y ago
    The fact is she presented the ideas as her own...and since it was covered on SAI, and I sent the blog post to them as well, asking if they would like me to provide the excel doc, they were definitely aware of the article. I'm not trying to burn Alexia, Arrington, or TC, but I think she conveyed my ideas as her own, and would think she'd source her idea... I wrote the article as my own analysis of the Gap Groupon campaign because I'm fascinated with local commerce (last website I built was a local events finder -- deadpooled, but http://www.prximity.com http://www.prximity.com)
- mikeryan 16y ago
  The generally accepted definition of plagiarism is Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V Even if they recycled your "idea" they didn't do it consistently enough to constitute plagiarism en masse and your basic idea isn't unique enough to really warrant attribution.
  - siruva07 16y ago
    false. seriously read the wikipedia entry.

siruva07 16y ago

Wikipedia defines plagiarism as: "the wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions, and the representation of them as one's own original work" it doesn't have to be verbatim. even if she got some bit of inspiration from me, when in doubt she should source her story. i agree that i can't really do anything, which is why I'm asking HN...

ryanwaggoner 16y ago
I get that it doesn't have to be verbatim, but it seems pretty vague to me. I think you're wasting your time. What outcome do you really want here? Why did you write the post in the first place?
- siruva07 16y ago
  The fact is she presented the ideas as her own...and since it was covered on SAI, and I sent the blog post to them as well, asking if they would like me to provide the excel doc, they were definitely aware of the article. I'm not trying to burn Alexia, Arrington, or TC, but I think she conveyed my ideas as her own, and would think she'd source her idea... I wrote the article as my own analysis of the Gap Groupon campaign because I'm fascinated with local commerce (last website I built was a local events finder -- deadpooled, but http://www.prximity.com http://www.prximity.com)
mikeryan 16y ago
The generally accepted definition of plagiarism is Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V Even if they recycled your "idea" they didn't do it consistently enough to constitute plagiarism en masse and your basic idea isn't unique enough to really warrant attribution.
- siruva07 16y ago
  false. seriously read the wikipedia entry.