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Piggybacking Off Someone Else's Promoted Poem

People that leave their writes in a promoted writes comments...are they in essnec thieves?
There seems to be a sort of thievery going on here on AP, that has come to my attention recently. I call it piggybacking off someones promoted write. It is when you promote a write of your own, and some leaves a poem of their own in the comment space. Therefore drawing attention to their poetry on your points. Or even leaving links to their own writes in a comment on your page. To me this is a form of thievery and is quite rude.

    I will give an example, the reason I am upset over this actually, so you can see what I mean.

    There is someone, I will kindly leave unnamed, that in the past has left poetry as a comment on one or more of my writes. At first it did not bother me too much as it was related to what I penned. Then I noticed it was always on something I had just promoted. I usually promote for no less then ten clicks. This person was always in the first three or four of the comments. On one occasion they even left two poems and links to more of their writes. Today this person left two poems that took up so much space on my comment field, that their write was all you could see. It over shadowed my write, and all other comments. They also invited "me" to read more of their works as well. I deleted their comment, but it upset me because I finally realized what this thief was doing. In essence, stealing my promotion points.
    I have no problem with people sending me links to their writes if they relate to what my write is about. I have no problem with someone IMing me with their writes. But to take up so much space on someones promoted work is rude. I believe that if someone does this they should be ticketed by the site. I think as fellow writers we should show some common courtesy to one another. Stealing points and piggybacking is NOT a common courtesy. I usually return the favor of commenting on people's works. I comment on more then the suggested four per each post I make. I believe we should support and encourage one another on this site. This sort of behavior definitely goes against the afore mentioned.
    Some will be trite and claim I am upset because the other persons writing was better then mine, that is an opinion. I am upset because of the rude nature of the act. People that do this need to stop being selfish and get their head out of their ass. That is my two cents worth.
Thanks,

Blessed be

~~Serenity~~
Billie JeanComment either way, but if this is something you agree with make it known so the site will take a more serious action. Thanks.

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  • SerenityNChains
    September 11, 2005
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    more than welcome to hun. I am honored. Thanks.

  • kryspin
    September 11, 2005
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    can I use this in the next edition of spindicated?

  • LilMrsAttitude
    May 1, 2005
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    This is a shame. Some people have nerves of steel don't they!? Cudos on such a great column. I hope this ups the awareness on this issue and that these asses have got what was coming to them!
    ~ *DJ* ~

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Rose...
    Thanks so much. I am fine, but the fact that this happens here made me mad so I decided to write my first column. Thanks for the comment by the way. The pic just seemed to fit. Thanks again

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Thanks sis....
    I know it will all work out in the end.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Thanks for the comment hun. I think this fool will get his just desserts. The site seems to be handling it. Thanks for the comment, it and you are appreciated.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    I agree related stuff is fine. But to take over someones page...rude much. Thanks for the comment. It is appreciated.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    LOL....thanks for the great comment. I agree...lay off my page you bastards.

    Thanks again

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Thanks so much...yes they have balls for sure. The pic....well just seemed to fit the topic. Thanks again so much for the comment.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    nelly....
    Thanks so much for the great comment. I am sure in bringing this to light it will at least slow for a while. Thanks again...

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    terry....
    Thanks for the comment and welcome to AP. Sorry that so new to the site you read about the downside of things. I hope you get to enjoy all the good aspects as well. This is not very common, but common enough to make me mad about it. Thanks again.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Wasting and stealing people's hard earned points on here is despicable no matter what. Thanks for the comment. I am sure that some of these...varmits...will now stop after seeing how mad people get over it.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Thank you so much for the comment. I hope this brings to light the issue and people that do this stop. Thanks again.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Thanks so much for the comment. I appreciate it. I just hope that this lets people see it is wrong. Thanks again

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Linda....
    Goddess will surely bless you. Thank you for the comment. I do not self promote often, but the write I promoted that was "violated" was my first attempt at beat poetry. I wanted feedback is all. This jerk not only belittled it, but hogged up my page. Hence this column. This person is being handled by the site. I hope the outcome is favorable. Thanks so much for the comment and for saving my points.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Thanks for the comment. I also hope they get what is deserved. I am sure it will be handled appropriately. Thanks again.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Thank you for the comment. I hope the persons that practice this act now see the error of their ways.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • Venessa
    April 21, 2005
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    Excellent point. If someone wants you to read their poetry they need to promote it themselves OR send and IM asking you to promote it. I hate the comments like "this reminds me of my poem......" lol idiots. excellent write up

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    I did one better....
    I reported him and action is being taken. As for karma, I beliieve the offender will get what is deserved. I am a witch, and not good to make us mad dangit. LOL. Either way it has been handled. I just wanted it to be heard. Thanks so much for the comment and applause. I appreciate both.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    And a great two cents it is!! I agree.

    On a lighter side welcome to AP and know that this is rare, but bad even in it's rarity. I hope you have a chance to see the good aspects of the site as well. I hope I will get a chance to read your works soon.

    Thanks again for the kind comment.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Sadly through this column I have come to find several of these creeps. I wish it were not so as overall...I like this site. I think that if it is at least known it will not get far in the future. Thank you so much for the understanding comment. I am sorry to see so many others have suffered this as well. I hope in the future people realize the rudeness of their actions before committing the act. Thanks again so much.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    John...
    Thanks for reading my authors page, and for this wonderful comment. I like this site and how it keeps my creative juices flowing. I like the peer atmosphere to it, so this upset me, and being a redhead...the temper came out. I am normally much...sweeter? LOL. Thank you again for the comment and offer of points. Both are greatly appreciated.

    By the way...love your motto. LOL. I am not an athiest. Far worse. I am a witch and live in the southern U. S. LOL. It was too cute. Thanks again.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 21, 2005
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    Thank you my friend for taking time to comment.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • Allyson Michelle
    April 21, 2005
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    I'm sorry this has happened to you...it's completely unnacceptable. (Great pic by teh way )

  • twinzy001
    April 21, 2005
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    behind you gal 100% as always
    Twinzy
  • DisgruntledBadger
    April 21, 2005
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    Let's fight the good fight!

    Damn straight, honey! You put it so much better than I ever could. It seems ridiculously inconsiderate and stupid to me for people to link to their work in a comment on someone else's poetry...c'mon, if folks wanna read their work, they will, right? If they wanna shamelessly promote, that's what the promotion page is for. You really did a bang-up job of putting it into words, and I'm 100% behind you on this one!

  • Isi
    April 21, 2005
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    An important subject

    A very good point, of course related stuff should be accepted, but promoting your own work on someone elses featured item is ridicule...Think about the hard earned points you spend, it's about getting feedback, and it sucks when people steal your light!
  • esper
    April 21, 2005
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    READ MY POETRY BABABOOEY BABABOOEY READ MY Ohh, nevermind... I've seen people do this in and out of promoted works. It normally doesn't bother me, because it's usually my friends leaving their thoughts on my work. However, I think it is deplorable to do things the way you have said they are done. Lay off my promoted work, you bastards!!!

  • LadyUnique silver member
    April 21, 2005
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    i've noticed this rude practice when i've read another poet's work and went to leave my own comment. i always thought "how freakin' rude!".
    you've hit the nail right on the head with this write!
    four pages??? what balls
    you've made your point with class!
    love the pic
  • nellymichelle
    April 21, 2005
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    Yes I do agree with you on this note.I did get few comments where the other poets posted their poems.I never thought of this before because I did not encounter many poetry as a comment.Now that you have brought this topic up,I think we at AP should help the fellow poets and not take advantage of them.
    I support you in this.
    nellymichelle.

  • terrytheterrifyc
    April 21, 2005
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    Excellent

    I am still a little over a week new here. Thank you for this information--I will certainly keep this in mind in case it happens to me. By the way, it was your title, too, that caught my attention and I was going to do what JPuchyr did to read this, but then decided not to and here is my comment: Very well written, and I especially like that picture, lol!
  • oneluckygirl
    April 21, 2005
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    I don't think I've ever noticed this sleazy behavior but can imagine it happens. But even sleazier than this is someone who creates endless other logins only to applaud their own work. Now THAT's low!

  • ronnie62
    April 21, 2005
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    I quite agree, I hate it when people do that ,even though i have only featured once I also had a Piggy Back rider promoting their stuff, really annoying and as you said selfish, thank you for bringing this to everyones attention, now lets just hope kevin can do something about it.
  • Apache143
    April 21, 2005
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    I agree with you, the reason for you promoting your poem is for you not for others to use your points to promote their stuff. I hope that you get this sorted out as I think your poems are quite good and I enjoy reading them. Shaz

  • Jillosophy
    April 21, 2005
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    Lets burn his testicles!

    This doesn't even suck. That would be a step up!! This behavior just BLOWS! You show your grace and superior ethics by refraining from nameing the individual. (though, of course, I'm curious) This kind of slimy behavior makes me extremely glad that we can now delete others comments from our work.
    I know that I have promoted several other writers poems. Usually new members that didn't know or understand about the points system. But dill-holes like this will make me much more cautious about who I will promote or just give points to in the future. Thanks for the alert.
    jill
    Edited on Apr 21, 2:54 because 'it's past my bedtime'.

  • sanity silver member
    April 21, 2005
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    I completely agree with you, something has to be done, I haven't had it done to me lately anyway because I don't promote that much I refuse a lot of the time to let others who don't comment take my points, for that is in fairness what they are doing.. Still back to your write, I have noticed that this has been done before but not to the extent that you have mentioned, and you will notice I went through your author page and not the featured box, to save your points...
    Hugs and love
    LindaXXXX

    Edited on Apr 21, 2:48 because ''.

  • Andu
    April 21, 2005
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    I must admit I have never been harassed like this, but I can see why you're upset. Heck, I'd be furious myself! Let's hope this person gets what's coming to them.
    Thanks for bringing this issue to our attention.

  • April 21, 2005
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    yeah, this situation needs to be brought to the forefront... is simply unacceptable.

  • silverlining
    April 21, 2005
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    Hey Serenity! Nice post- I've never encountered it myself but promoting your own poem when someone else is paying you to click is really quite rude. If I were you, I'd im them asking them not to do it in the future, and if they continue to do it, publicly shame them. It all depends how low you want to stoop! Karma will take care of it if you do not. I think I'll applause this to give you some more points! Ha!
  • wordvomit
    April 21, 2005
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    I agree with this. When someone works hard on a piece and get ripped off, something should be done. I jsut joined AP like 2 weeks ago, this has not happened to me yet and i hope it doesn't! It is pretty sad that people work so hard and pour out their feelings just for some creep to come along and take it all away from them. WOW.....that is all i have to say....if you are going to be here, grow up....there are my 2 cents!
  • Tumbleweed
    April 21, 2005
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    I think I may know who you're talking about. A certain person posted a FOUR PAGE comment on one of my contests, complete with not just one, but several links to their own poetry. They have also sent me IM's to read their poetry, though they have never read any of mine. I agree with you, such people are rude, and something should be done about it. I hope we are thinking of the same person, as I would hate to think that there were more than one of these creeps.
  • JPuchyr
    April 21, 2005
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    hey, after a title like that i couldn't spend the points on the click i looked you up on the promote list and found the poem on your author page, which i might add is incredibly beautiful, i read almost all of it, about your fam, and your man in the USAF, anyways back to the point *laughs softly* i totally agree, it's never happened to me, and i'll be putting a stop to it if it ever does, thanks for bringing this to my attention before it happened, i'm even going to give you some more points to promote this again some day down the road if this crops up it's ugly head again

    Thanks,
    John

  • Circuitsboard
    April 21, 2005
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    Yep, rude... seen it done a time or three.
    Thanks for taking the time to write this!

  • -BlackKnight- gold member
    April 20, 2005
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    *Tommy Chong voice* Far out, man...

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Not sure if it is the same person Suseann, but if it is they are getting what they deserve. Thanks for the comment.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Thanks so much for understanding. I am just trying to let people know about it. Thanks so much.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    LOL. Please do use it. Reminded me of the boss I had before. Thanks for the comment. I appreciate the comment.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    So true. Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    LOL Mary. Well turns out this person is a bigger weasel then thought. Hope they get what is deserved. Thanks for the comment.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Thanks spyder hun. I appreciate your comment very much.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Blacknight...
    I have a great sense of humor and would have laughed. I normally let karma deal with the AP dumbasses, but this time I was really irked. Thanks for the comment and the humor attempt.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Degon you kill me. Thanks for the mood lightening comment thanks again my friend.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    John thanks for the comment. I am happy you have not had to go through this. Thanks again my friend.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Thanks for agreeing. It does my heart good to see people besides me are mad about this. Thanks again for the comment.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • WritingKitten
    April 20, 2005
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    I agree. People should sacrifice thier own points to promote thier poetry, not other's pages.

  • suseann gold member
    April 20, 2005
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    True Life Write

    I think everyone knows of who you speak.So it must be working for them.Took me 2 or 3 of their sweetass back stabbings to notice.But thats because I am not the type to think such devious
    pratices.Greed is not a virtue.ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NOT EVEN REAL MONEY.Pretty low pratice.~~~~Suseann

  • Kill My Insides
    April 20, 2005
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    WOOHOO!!! go you! i would be SOO pissed if someone did that. i have a pretty short patience. lol. it's great that you're getting this out there, so people are aware of it. i had no idea. i mean, yeah, if you like someone's poem, and you've got one relating to it, type in the URL, give a link, or the title-whatever. but it IS rude to take up so much room that you overshadow the author's poem- and promoted poem, at that! well, i hope whom ever it was STOPS. maybe they'll read this and realize how your feeling. best of luck to you with that. mysoul

  • Daramark
    April 20, 2005
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    Very well spoken!

    Hmm not that I think about this I've been plagued by the same thing once or twice, but not more than that for people realize I rarely ever promote my poetry. I normally promote others. I feel there is no need to try and flatter myself with comments telling me how I did a "fill in prase or curse" job...

    But, I would be very upset to find one of the poems I promoted was being piggybacked. I'd be very upset. I'm also not saying that everyone who promotes thier poem is full of themselves, I'm saying that why I don't promote my poem, because I don't want to think I'm full of myself. so I hope I didn't offend anyone with my comment, but it did say "critical" and I am know to be at times.

    Oh yea, also your picture there was rather interesting. Mind if I use that in the office here?



    *please forgive my rambling I've had an odd day*
    Edited on Apr 20, 8:34 p.m. because 'I am a moron!'.

  • truembrace
    April 20, 2005
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    A perfect picture for a well justified point being made.

    It's sort of like company that always shows up when they know you'll be just sitting down for dinner - of course expecting to eat though they were invited to visit, not necessarily dine at your expense every time.

    'nuff said.

  • Cat gold member
    April 20, 2005
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    Good write. Excellent picture. Couldn't have a chosen a more appropriate picture. BTW. My site has cool poems on it.

    Mary

    ps. I kid. : )

  • SpydurPoet gold member
    April 20, 2005
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    That was very good, and very true. Great write. Write on. ~~SpydurPoet~~

  • -BlackKnight- gold member
    April 20, 2005
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    Know what's funny? The idiots that do this sort of thing are people that'll look at this and say, "WELL, THANK GOD I DON'T DO THAT LOLLOLOLLOLOLLL!!!!1!!!!!111!!"

    I can only think of one or two times that I've even mentioned one of my writes in another's comments, and I can't even recall just what pieces I mentioned or on what piece they were left on as part of my comment, and I'm certain I've never left a link. I can't say I've been a victim of this sort of thing, but then again, it wouldn't surprise me if it has happened to me and I just wasn't paying attention. I was gonna mess with you by posting a link to some random poem out there, but it seems others have already done something similar, so I won't bother lol. I'll just say good point here; keep penning against the AP dumbasses!

  • Dark Prince
    April 20, 2005
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    nteresting thought babe, In my piece X XXX XXXXXX X XXXX, I covered teh same idea, but not quite as astutly as I did in my opus XX XXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXX!, But I an sure you saw that in my other poem, XX XXX and again in XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX! XX! So in conclusion I would liek to say people who piggy back on a promoted opice should be delt with as outlined in my popular XX XXXXXXXXX! X XXXX, "XXXX X XXXXX XXX XXXXX" and also XXX XXX. hanks for bringing up this horrid practice.....Kisses and XX XXXX, XX XX.
    bites and whips, Degon

  • macandrew
    April 20, 2005
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    well said

    While I have had people cut and paste my poem back to as a comment (instant 5 points) I have never seen a piggyback. Clever but definitely rude.

    A definite no-no.
    thanks for bringing this up.
    John

  • SeptemberFaith Greeters member
    April 20, 2005
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    Oh Well as long as it is being dealt with, I'd hate to think that this went without some sort of light shone on it.

    Great write,

    criss

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Criss....
    I handled this appropriately through the mods, deleted their "comment" and am sure justice will be done. I posted this column merely to bring it to view so other's know it is rude and against the rules. Thanks for the comment.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Adam...
    Thanks somuch for the great comment. I just hope this person learned their lesson and does not do it again. Thanks again so much.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    crystal...
    Thanks so much for the understanding comment. I do feel better, and will feel even better when this person realizes he cannot do this to people. Manners should be used in ALL aspects of life, even online. Thanks again so much.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Topaz...
    Thank you so much for the comment. I am in full agreement that it is wrong to hitchike on another's promoted work. Wrong to leave extremely long comments as to get max points possible. I think, and hope, that people reading this will see and not do such things. Thank you again for the understanding.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SeptemberFaith Greeters member
    April 20, 2005
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    very true girl. you should have ticketed them without deleting the comments so someone could see what they were doing!

    Eh --

    I usually just respond and tell them it was rude and then delete the comment.

    Criss

  • Word Artisan
    April 20, 2005
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    very good serenity i love it i even love the pic ... one of my fav quotes take your head out of your ass...lol very good write serenity...bye bye
    adam

  • crystaltips
    April 20, 2005
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    i agree that it is quite rude to take up all the space on your page with their own poems and you have every right to be upset! You paid for it to be there! I hope that this will be stopped soon and hope you are feeling better. Maybe after reading this column they will stop promoting themselves through your promoted items!
    Lauren x

  • Topaz135 gold member
    April 20, 2005
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    speaking a a poet, I have occasionaly responded 'poetically' but I always also put a readable plain text comment too. Certainly I don't do it to promoted poems as a policy, and never did. One has to realise that not only are they hitchhiking without permission, but the comment is also going to attract the maiximum points from the length of comment AND the bonus for featured posts, as well as publicity in the form of reads of the 'host' poem. I call these parasite poems. I view it as a good move to air this subject as it brings the subject up and gives room for discussion and also allows an informal guage of the extent of the problem. An applause, I think

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Gabbi thanks for the comment. Indeed it is very bad manners. Thanks again so much.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • jantastic gold member
    April 20, 2005
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    Wow Billie this reminds me of my poem "I stood on a grassy hill" please go read it, maybe I'll paste it here (no people, I have no poem titled that)
    Fortunately I have only had the odd comment that points me to unrelated work by the author. I don't mind when someone mentions a poem of theirs that seems to fit. I've read things and gone "woah" and pointed someone to something of mine more often though I would just say it resonates or I've written a similar piece, etc. Never a link though unless it's in IM. The habit you speak of is different and I can understand your concern. Good to get it off you chest and bring some attention to it.
    Smooch.

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    A poeticcomment is fine, but when they take over your page, as was the case with my promoted write, then it is rude. This person not only added two of his poems on my page via the comment box, but they were so long that was pretty much all you could see. The fact that this person does it on promoted writes is showing they merely want to have their stuff seen without paying out their points. If they write a small poem in response to your poem, that is one thing. To add their old stuff with very little or no relation to your write, is rude. I suppose we may vary, but had you seen what this person did, you would be upset as well. Thanks for the input.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • MargaretG silver member
    April 20, 2005
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    I tend to enjoy it when people spend the time and thought to give me a poetic comment. We are all different, and you are entitled to your opinion.

  • Shamisen
    April 20, 2005
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    Yes, this drives me absolutely mad too. I always ignore any poems that appear in comment boxes - mine or anyone elses. It's just a cheap way of promoting their poem AND earning points for doing diddly squat. It's very bad manners in my book.

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    I agree that there are so many ways to "take" points or waste them. This is a peer oriented site, as it should be, so to see these kinds of behaviors is awful. Thanks so much for the great comment.

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Lana....
    I am happy to see you agree. It is discouraging to the person that promoted their write to see another persons works on their page. Links are not so bad, in the sense you stated I believe that is perfectly fine. This guy took my whole comment field. Oy. Thanks again so much.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Now Rabbit that would be bad of me to do on here, but may IM you. LOL. Thanks for the comment. I am just glad to see I am not the only one upset by this.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • BattleOfBlood
    April 20, 2005
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    This was true, I have only left a person a link once or twice and it was related to their poem because they inspired me to write a new one and thought they would like to see what they inspired me to write. Because I thought it would be rude to send them the whole poem on their comment box. This was a great thing to post. I would like to mention that when people click on a poem in the promotion box then do not comment its also rude and wasting that persons points in the process. Can't they just comment? They get points out of it for crying out loud, you know what I mean? Keep on writing.
    Blessed be,
    Lefay

  • silver bugs
    April 20, 2005
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    I agree with this completely. Damn. I'm glad someone had the guts to stand up and write about this, maybe now people will realize what they're doing. My applauds to you
    ~Lana

  • ricochet rabbit
    April 20, 2005
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    Will you kindly forward me the link to his Author's Page? I've got poems I want him to read.

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Oh I delted it hun, and reported it. But I think it should be discussed as well so people understand it is indeed stealing points. Thanks for the comment. Hugs

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    Thank you for the comment. I think the point of commenting is to give constructive or encouraging feedback to the writer, not take over the spotlight. Thanks so much for seeing what I meant.

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean

  • HeavenonEarth
    April 20, 2005
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    I have been fortunate to not have this happen to me. Like you stated if it was something related to what you wrote maybe ..but use your own points instead of piggybacking. I would suggest deleting the comment hon.

  • SerenityNChains
    April 20, 2005
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    I agree completely, and as I said offer links and such in im as not to defract from the writers post. Makes sense to me. I have no issue with that and actually enjoy it. But this guy took over my whole page. Oy.

    Thanks....the pic reminds me of my ex boss. LOL. Thanks for the comment

    Blessed be

    ~~Serenity~~
    Billie Jean
  • ecrivain01 silver member
    April 20, 2005
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    good job

    Sadly, this is altogether correct. I have seen it done many times. I have, myself, on occasion, said to someone, you might like such and such of my poems, but I don't put my poem in the comments, and I don't leave a url -- unless it is to my website against genocide, which I have done. Generally, though it's not on a promoted poem. Anyway, I don't think it is kosher for people do that sort of thing. I am glad you are bringing it up here. I also think it's really low to quote almost all of someone's poem in the comments to get more points. Good point and well made.

  • EveJustWantedToKnow
    April 20, 2005
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    oh and nice pic.

    ~Kate

  • EveJustWantedToKnow
    April 20, 2005
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    well, i sometimes say, i wrote a poem witht he same theme a few days ago etc. but it does piss me of when someone puts a fucking poem in their comment.

    ~Kate
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