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No, it's not okay. The media, especially gaming publications, have been doing this stuff for years now, and it's ridiculous. Some publications have wised up,
by rjbwork 11y ago
No, it's not okay. The media, especially gaming publications, have been doing this stuff for years now, and it's ridiculous. Some publications have wised up, but many haven't.
It's greatly amusing when someone just gives up all pretense and just scrapes a subreddit, then SEO blog spams every single post - because then the members will upvote stories about how terrible the website is. I unfortunately can't find anything specific at the moment, but 2 of the big ones I remember was /r/makeupaddiction and /r/gaming.
EDIT: For the curious, here's the mod post about the /r/makeupaddiction incident https://www.reddit.com/r/MakeupAddiction/comments/39o74y/mod_notice_your_pictures_are_being_used_without/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MakeupAddiction/comments/39o74y/mod... I'm unable to find the others at the moment, though there is a list under the top comment on the thread I've linked.
- bigiain 11y agoSomething something something ethics in games journalism!!! (Oh, hang on, male sounding name - as you were...)
- anonymousab 11y ago"According to a reddit comment, which we've stripped the username from" is quite silly regardless the genre of your article. There's nothing wrong with being accurate - in this case, it provides users with a way to follow up on the item in the story. But maybe the article writer asked, and the user preferred not to be named, for all we know.
- bigiain 11y agoDepending on which bit of Reddit, its also entirely possible the only way of reporting that "non-anonymously" might have been to say "According to a Reddit comment by BigDick4YoMama", which quite likely isn't what your editor wants to see in your articles. (But you are right, and I deserve the downvotes I'm getting here - it was a pretty poor attempt at humour…)