Thanks for taking the time to delve into this highly charged topic so that we can all learn from it.

Recently, while searching in twitter, I found an exact quote from my tweets with absolutely no attribution back to me.

I wasn’t too pleased with it, but realize that the tweeter may not be familiar with re-tweetiquette, just yet.

So, I simply sent him a thank you note as an RT. I felt like this was a way to let him know, if he doesn’t already, that there is a standard protocol for re-posting items and that others, including me, could see that I had posted that original message.

This truly is an important topic…and I’m sure will only get more important as people continue to find new and interesting ways to use the twitterverse.

I am going to assume that, just like napster and myspace and other sites, twitter will eventually need to become more proactive about dealing with plagiarism and pirating in the twitter stream.

Maybe someone will (or already has) create a new app that scans the twitterverse for plagiarism and piracy and helps to yank it out of the twitter stream.

Again, thanks for this awesome discussion.

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What I like most about this is how you say “we’re already out there.” I’m reminded of the woman offered a job by Cisco and tweeting about making a decision between a fatty paycheck and hating her job. I’m always amazed at how many people “forget” that the whole point of social networking is to be visible, hence everything you do is out there.

I too am not sure I would have taken down the original blog post, although I understand why you did it. And I’m also wondering why 10% were so against you naming names. The truth of the matter is anyone could have found that name with a few minutes of searching, so what does it matter if you put it in your blog post or not?

Good post Mari, as always. Thanks for using your lessons as learning examples for the rest of us.

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You spoke about this situation and I love you and am disappointed you took the original post down. I do not believe it hurts the company at all for their name to be out there as there was a BIG mistake!

This same company is now missing the blessing and icing on this opportunity by showing up in a way that allows for them to show to everyone they took creative and positive action. The Vice President is to be commended by taking proactive approach and that alone for me gives me room to appreciate and respect the company even more. So now they have lost an opportunity for good PR, giggle.

I agree with Leesa Barnes that there is no lack of transparency when you make a decision concerning your own blog, it is yours and you do what YOU think is best. We are all human and I am reminded often, one of your badges of success is when you are on the top is you make an easy target for arrows. Does it feel good, NO we are human.

It does give everyone an opportunity to remember we have a responsibility to call out others when we feel there has been an injustice or a lack of ethics. Funny thing in life, we all have different definitions to the same words from our individual experiences and beliefs. So, be prepared to back up your calling out, it is just not you or your “group of friends” perspective.

Mari has always shown judicious and classic judegement and she rates in my book.

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