He Stole My Tweet

9.6.15

He Stole My Tweet

I didn't want to make a big deal out of this but since I have nothing else to write about. Let's deal with it already!

He Stole My Tweet (Plagiarism)

When you don't find me on the blogosphere, I am probably on Twitterville. I like to tweet and read tweets. Doing that stirs my mind to think up words with just 140 characters. It inspires my creativity. Yup!

So yesterday, I was "stirring" my mind on Twitter. It was so much fun until. . . I found a tweet I once posted verbatim, it was posted by another handle (person). I screamed!

I posted at 8:08 AM

He posted at 8:28 AM

I screamed for three reasons:

1. The guy didn't acknowledge me. That's plagiarism!
2. The guy got many more retweets than I did. Ouch!
3. It is not one of those tweets you see around. It's very personal because I thought it through!

MORAL LESSON: Plagiarism is painful. It hurts the originator of the work or idea. Please, let's acknowledge the words/works of those we use everyday. (I also speak to myself).

And that's how this guy stole my tweet and got many more RTs (retweets) than I did. Should I be happy?

See what some tweephearts said: