Comments on: Update: OpenDiary.com Responds

By: Lina

Lina — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:54:49 +0000

Well, it’s always good to see there are people with too much free time on their hands.

I personally don’t. I take about 5-10 minutes out of my busy day to document the happy, sad and sometimes amusing events in my life. If I don’t want people to see it, I make my entry PRIVATE. It’s a personal choice.

Tell you what, why don’t you take off your cape and leave the word-stealers to their sordid business; go out there and get a life – maybe then YOU’ll also have something to write about on OD that people may or may not be tempted to steal.

By: Lina

Lina — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:54:49 +0000

Well, it's always good to see there are people with too much free time on their hands.

I personally don't. I take about 5-10 minutes out of my busy day to document the happy, sad and sometimes amusing events in my life. If I don't want people to see it, I make my entry PRIVATE. It's a personal choice.

Tell you what, why don't you take off your cape and leave the word-stealers to their sordid business; go out there and get a life – maybe then YOU'll also have something to write about on OD that people may or may not be tempted to steal.

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:33:28 +0000

Open Diary is a great site and it’s GREAT that you are trying to control it all. I have an acount on OD & OD helps me get out feelings that I know I can’t write anywhere else. People are very supportive there. It makes me feel like people understand.

By: Wabbit Huntur

Wabbit Huntur — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:18:54 +0000

So you’re considered the Plagiarism Police too? Please excuse the laughter. I will never understand how people can get so bent out of shape if they are innocent of wrong doing. You’re not accusing them of anything. And, if they are wasting their time attacking you, they’re not scanning their own site for illegal activity. Therefore, if the site is shut down, it’ll be THEIR fault, not yours!

Prior to reading your posts about this OpenDiary place, I had never heard of it. But, who copies other peoples’ intellectual property into their diary? I can see writing a boy’s phone number or what you found on the bathroom wall or even a funny quote from a movie, but an entire article? We’re talking about an article written by a total stranger without permission. That’s the sad part to me. Are their lives so boring they must steal and lie? Sad, sad, sad!

Keep up the good fight you Plagiarism Cop you! (I’ve begun to wear my title with a smile! The only ones getting upset are the guilty – in my eyes.)

By: Wabbit Huntur

Wabbit Huntur — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:18:54 +0000

So you're considered the Plagiarism Police too? Please excuse the laughter. I will never understand how people can get so bent out of shape if they are innocent of wrong doing. You're not accusing them of anything. And, if they are wasting their time attacking you, they're not scanning their own site for illegal activity. Therefore, if the site is shut down, it'll be THEIR fault, not yours!

Prior to reading your posts about this OpenDiary place, I had never heard of it. But, who copies other peoples' intellectual property into their diary? I can see writing a boy's phone number or what you found on the bathroom wall or even a funny quote from a movie, but an entire article? We’re talking about an article written by a total stranger without permission. That's the sad part to me. Are their lives so boring they must steal and lie? Sad, sad, sad!

Keep up the good fight you Plagiarism Cop you! (I've begun to wear my title with a smile! The only ones getting upset are the guilty – in my eyes.)

By: PlagiarismToday » Xanga Update: Xanga Responds

PlagiarismToday » Xanga Update: Xanga Responds — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:06:54 +0000

[...] This still leaves several unanswered questions, including why they haven’t registered with the U.S. Copyright Office and why the first abuse reports were ignored. However, I have replied to the email in hopes of opening up a dialog with Xanga on these matters and I will report back what I find. I am hoping that Xanga, like OpenDiary, will promise to change its policy for the better or that, better yet, this whole matter will be just one giant misunderstanding. [...]

By: Britt

Britt — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:15:33 +0000

I have been writing on opendiary for 6 years. This is the first time i have seen this — so much for it being the sites most talked about piece… I only found this by clicking on the wrong opendiary search –

By: Qtink

Qtink — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:42:50 +0000

Your efforts, while they may be in good intentions are totally out of line and overzealous. Plagerism is a horrible thing and should be punished, but it’s a DIARY! It’s not an article, it’s not a person’s personal website, it’s not a book or even homework, it is merely a person’s thoughts, or someone’s else’s as you point out. I personally don’t even consider it a blog.
Opendiary is an outstanding site that offers a wonderful service. It’s run quite efficiently on the budget it has as well. I’ve never had any problems whatsoever with issues being handled. I’d like to know why you don’t go to chat rooms or those sorts of sites… or do those not have plagerism?

By: Qtink

Qtink — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:42:50 +0000

Your efforts, while they may be in good intentions are totally out of line and overzealous. Plagerism is a horrible thing and should be punished, but it's a DIARY! It's not an article, it's not a person's personal website, it's not a book or even homework, it is merely a person's thoughts, or someone's else's as you point out. I personally don't even consider it a blog.

Opendiary is an outstanding site that offers a wonderful service. It's run quite efficiently on the budget it has as well. I've never had any problems whatsoever with issues being handled. I'd like to know why you don't go to chat rooms or those sorts of sites… or do those not have plagerism?

By: KEL

KEL — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:30:12 +0000

Ok, so you’re the Plagiarism Police – Yippee.

OpenDiary is home to thousands of diarists worldwide, with some diarists as paying customers, like myself. I certainly DO NOT condone plagiarism, and will be the first to say that your previously described ‘experience’ in regard to that matter was, indeed, unfortunate.

What I don’t understand is why you would think that your writings are anymore important to you and your world, than mine are to me and my world…but apparently that is the case because you are willing to go to any extreme in order to ‘shut down’ OpenDiary. Yes, on one hand there’s a lot of ‘junk’ diarists belonging OpenDairy… but on the other hand, there are just as many gifted writers – what a loss it would be to have such talented writings deleted into oblivion because of your unfortunate incident…because YOU wanted the OD plug pulled.

I had one of my own entries on OpenDairy copied and pasted by another diarist. It’s life, and sometimes bad things happen to good people…I dealt with it…case closed.

Dude, it’s not only about you. Get over it.