topic Re: Why do they do it? in Community Spirit

Why do they do it?

12elliemellie — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:42:55 GMT

Why do some posters continually post up cut and paste articles without offering any comment or thought of their own?

Re: Why do they do it?

azureline** — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:48:41 GMT

Do you really want to know what they are thinking?

Re: Why do they do it?

cherry*135 — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:37:35 GMT

Maybe they don't have a thought of their own and/ or are easily influenced by others? (if you are referring to the political claptrap that is c&p and posted frequently).

Re: Why do they do it?

latina4621 — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:00:02 GMT

Ditto to what am-3 said.

Re: Why do they do it?

12elliemellie — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:15:50 GMT

Look, there's another one just popped up (http://community.ebay.com.au/topic/Community-Spirit/Gillard-Rewards-Judas/500162953)

Maybe they think this is the only site we ever look at or we can't read/find things for ourselves? Or is that being too generous?

Re: Why do they do it?

j*oono — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:19:50 GMT

They are working on the theory that if you throw enough mud, some will stick.

Re: Why do they do it?

freakiness — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:24:51 GMT

Look, there's another one just popped up (http://community.ebay.com.au/topic/Community-Spirit/Gillard-Rewards-Judas/500162953)

Maybe they think this is the only site we ever look at or we can't read/find things for ourselves? Or is that being too generous?

No, they've been told to post as many links as possible so that these stories fill the front of the search result pages, giving the impression that there are hundreds of people telling the same story. If hundreds of journos are reporting the same thing it must be true.

Re: Why do they do it?

kengillard — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:19:17 GMT

:^O:^O:^O

Re: Why do they do it?

crystal-gems — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:47:35 GMT

They do it because they are under the illusion that most ebayers' only source of news is from CS.

Hmmmmm........ then again, maybe they are right.

Re: Why do they do it?

not_an_eloi — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:08:33 GMT

cut and pastes = post other people's words = gets 'em past ebay's board usage rules = coward act

Re: Why do they do it?

sprinklespowerpuff — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:32:24 GMT

It can be just plain boring and totally meaningless when the posts are just copied from elsewhere and not their own. I mean really, why bother to post if it's not going to be your own original thoughts, ideas and comments?

Re: Why do they do it?

patchoo78 — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:34:49 GMT

They do it because they are under the illusion that most ebayers' only source of news is from CS.

Hmmmmm........ then again, maybe they are right.

Re: Why do they do it?

patchoo78 — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:36:18 GMT

It can be just plain boring and totally meaningless when the posts are just copied from elsewhere and not their own. I mean really, why bother to post if it's not going to be your own original thoughts, ideas and comments?

Because for the most part, they don't have any

Re: Why do they do it?

sprinklespowerpuff — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:49:39 GMT

Probably right there, Patch or they need all the copied text to hide behind.

Re: Why do they do it?

*mrgrizz* — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:48:40 GMT

i don't read copy and paste

Re: Why do they do it?

crystal**flake — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:28:32 GMT

I dont read them either,they're always sooooo long and usually so boring.

Re: Why do they do it?

janeababe — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:38:50 GMT

i don't read copy and paste

...I dont read political threads!

😉

Re: Why do they do it?

everything*that*i*ever*wanted — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:28:03 GMT

...I dont read political threads!

😉

+++LIKE

Re: Why do they do it?

sandypas — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:06:42 GMT

I don't read C & P's either. If I wanted to read them, I would look them up myself. I read the newspaper each day and that's enough for me anyway.

Re: Why do they do it?

just_me_karen — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:46:03 GMT

Judging from the words I've seen that haven't been copy pasted, I think illiteracy is the problem. If you can't write yourself, it's probably easier to copy someone else's.