What A Ripoff

Heh, you think the Engadget Kerfluffel was a circus? Well here’s a prime example of someone sourcing a story from a blogger and not giving credit, at all.

Back in early March, Robert Scoble wrote this post about how ugly sites convert. A few other blogs picked up on it as well, and all was well.

Now, yesterday I notice how a site-reference article ends up on the front page of Slashdot. So I read the article, and realize it’s a rewrite of Scobels article, making it appear that the author over at SR researched and sourced the info himself. He even cites Myspace and Craigslist like Scoble did in his article.

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