# Stolen content. Again. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 8, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785 "2005-01-08T21:06:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/1 "2005-01-08T21:06:16Z")
I seem to recall this having happened earlier with the same exact site (or one run by the same people/person). The forum’s called Cockadoodledoo. A lot of usernames are repeated from SDMB users. A lot of posts are repeated from SDMB posts. The SDMB post’s username and the Cockadoodledoo post’s username are not the same, which makes me sincerely doubt it’s just crossposting. Para example: [http://cockadoodledoobbs.com/php/viewtopic.php?t=10766](http://cockadoodledoobbs.com/php/viewtopic.php?t=10766) vs > **[Do Most Agnostics/Atheists Celebrate Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=288830)** > > I consider myself Agnostic, and I don’t celebrate Easter in any way. When I explain this to my friends, they often wonder why I celebrate Christmas, then. I mostly celebrate it for my kids, and I emphasize the spirit of giving and love rather than... [http://cockadoodledoobbs.com/php/viewtopic.php?t=10213](http://cockadoodledoobbs.com/php/viewtopic.php?t=10213) vs > **[Fellow atheists? What evidence might convince you there is a god?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=281253)** > > I’ve had some discussions at work about the nature of god and religion, as I am the only avowed 😛 atheist out of 11 people in my department. The question has come up: is there anything that would convince me that I am wrong, there really is a god? ... [http://cockadoodledoobbs.com/php/viewtopic.php?t=10858](http://cockadoodledoobbs.com/php/viewtopic.php?t=10858) vs > **[who's the oldest famous woman who's still hot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=290124)** > > I’m a sucker for a good MILF any day, but I’ve lately been shocked by how hot some women manage to remain even into…extended age. But who’s the oldest woman who’s still officially “hot?” [http://cockadoodledoobbs.com/php/viewtopic.php?t=11474](http://cockadoodledoobbs.com/php/viewtopic.php?t=11474) vs > **[Guys: does your hair stylist do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=295235)** > > Recently my handsome husband told me that sometimes - and not even terribly rarely - women hair stylists will kind of lean in and press against his back as they cut his hair. You know what I’m saying? \*\*\*With their breasts. \*\* \* I was GOBSMACKED.... [http://cockadoodledoobbs.com/php/viewtopic.php?t=11395](http://cockadoodledoobbs.com/php/viewtopic.php?t=11395) vs > **[A zit the size of Texas, what's a girl to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294794)** > > I probably haven’t had a pimple in five years, but right now I have a marvelous red crater the size of Texas on my chin. Home remedies, any advice, please help. I know it’s vain (hey, like you didn’t already know that about me), but I don’t want to... My most sincere apologies if I’m in the wrong for posting this; I just thought the Powers that Be should know… ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/2 "2005-01-08T21:15:33Z")
That is so freaking bizzare. I remember when that hong kong message board was doing this. Looking through those, I thought it might have been crossposting too, but then I hit the identical replies. Also there seems to be a one or two day delay from our posts to theirs. What the hell is the point of this? Are some message boards so bereft of content that they have to gank content to look more interesting? Seems like more trouble than it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/3 "2005-01-08T21:20:19Z")
Its like _Bizzaro SDMB_. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/4 "2005-01-08T21:39:25Z")
Wow - you’re right - all but one of those posts on the other board was started by a ‘doper’ - although not the one that started the thread here. I wonder if **Guin** , **Eve** , **Hillbilly Queen** et. al know they have Chicken dopplegangers? :: penis ensues :: ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/5 "2005-01-08T22:01:47Z")
Sometimes, if I start a thread here, I’ll create a similar thread on my forum. However, sicne there’s no Dopers there that I know of, the threads evolve much differently. On some very new boards, admins will create sockpuppets and repost threads from other sites, to make their site look busy, and thus entice new users who normally wouldn’t participate on a slow-moving forum. The Cockadoodledoo board is moderately busy, though. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/6 "2005-01-08T22:12:25Z")
Good god…the avatars…bleaaagh… ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/7 "2005-01-08T22:26:18Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Sometimes, if I start a thread here, I’ll create a similar thread on my forum. However, sicne there’s no Dopers there that I know of, the threads evolve much differently. Exactly. A board that has some similar usernames? No problem - maybe there are lots of Dopers there, or maybe just a coincidence. A board that has some of the same postings? No problem, maybe it’s just a cross-post - those are legal. A board that has a lot of identical usernames, with a lot of identical postings (but not by the same people), with a lot of IDENTICAL REPLIES (again, not by the same people on both boards) is suspicious. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/8 "2005-01-08T22:47:35Z")
Just cruised around that board for a few, and there are _tons_ of threads ripped straight from the SDMB. Lot’s of identical user names when you look at their list, as well. I think we’re past suspicious, just based on what I saw. [Monty Burns] Release the hounds. [/MB] ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/9 "2005-01-08T22:53:03Z")
What could the motivation for this possibly be? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/10 "2005-01-08T23:01:40Z")
I have referred this up the pipeline for the Reader and their attorneys to take care of. Not the first time . . . sadly, not the last, either, I’m afraid. Remember, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery . . . though geez, they could find better ways rather than steal our content. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/11 "2005-01-08T23:03:48Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > What could the motivation for this possibly be? Envy? Probably what **elmwood** said - they’re just “padding the stats” as it were. With only 400+ users on the list, they can’t be too busy. Somone over there obviously has some time on their hands. Here’s hoping they copy _this_ thread! “_Those pricks at the SDMB are all replicating our posts before we post ours! Those bastards!_” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/12 "2005-01-08T23:04:29Z")
> [@Scruloose](#): > > Just cruised around that board for a few, and there are _tons_ of threads ripped straight from the SDMB. Lot’s of identical user names when you look at their list, as well. I think we’re past suspicious, just based on what I saw. > > [Monty Burns] > Release the hounds. > [/MB] Release the robotic Richard Simmons! ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/13 "2005-01-08T23:09:37Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > What could the motivation for this possibly be? Some people try to build up posts on their messageboards via theft through some automated process so they can try to sell them to other people based upon implied traffic numbers (the theory being if new owners add ads they’ll make $x based upon current patterns, but of course it’s all bogus). ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/14 "2005-01-08T23:10:56Z")
Please do not go over there and do anything stupid; in fact, leave that site alone, that’s for the best. Let the Reader work on the problem. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/15 "2005-01-08T23:17:20Z")
I don’t know whether to be pleased or offended that my username does not show up over there. (And, no **TubaDiva** , I’m not going to go register. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/16 "2005-01-08T23:32:50Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Please do not go over there and do anything stupid; in fact, leave that site alone, that’s for the best. Let the Reader work on the problem. > > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator Awwww man. _puts away cricket bat_ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/17 "2005-01-08T23:50:03Z")
Any posts by me over there? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/18 "2005-01-09T00:05:22Z")
Sorry, **Bosda** - I didn’t see you on their list. It’s interesting - they’ve changed some of the names slightly (hoping they wouldn’t get noticed, maybe?) and there’s someone over there with half my name, but only half. So I have no idea if they ripped me off or not. Very strange. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/19 "2005-01-09T00:46:43Z")
Bosda, da Cheese of Treacle. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785/20 "2005-01-09T01:04:22Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > Awwww man. > > _puts away cricket bat_ I’m definitely going to have to do something about my vision and my tendency to read what I _think_ I see instead of what’s actually posted. **Amp** did **not** say “puts away chicken bat” Sheesh! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785.md?page=2)