is this stealing?

i keep seeing a lot of different opinions on ideas / content ownership / intellectual property.

we all think differently about social media posts and i want your thoughts!

there's 26 questions about where you draw the line. also some questions about how social makes you feel. takes about 3 minutes and is anonymous.

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screenshotting a tweet and posting it on linkedin with no credit

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

haven't moved it yet

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screenshotting a tweet and posting it on linkedin WITH credit

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

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reposting a meme you found on instagram to your story

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

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taking someone's linkedin post idea and rewriting it in your own words

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

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taking someone's linkedin post idea and rewriting it better

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

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using a trending audio on tiktok/reels

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

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copying someone's video format (e.g. “day in my life as a...”)

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

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sharing someone's newsletter insight in a post without linking to it

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

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a brand reposting a creator's meme about their industry without asking

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

haven't moved it yet

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a creator reposting a brand's meme without asking

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

haven't moved it yet

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translating someone's english post into another language and posting it

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

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screenshotting this survey and posting the results without asking me

drag it. left is fine, right is theft.

totally fineliterally theft

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part two

some q's about repurposing

watch yourself change your mind.

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is repurposing someone's video idea okay?

not the video. the idea behind it.

Ayes, ideas belong to everyone Byes, but only if you change it enough Conly if you credit them Dno, it's theirs

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is repurposing someone's image post okay?

same layout, same point, your own file.

Ayes, ideas belong to everyone Byes, but only if you change it enough Conly if you credit them Dno, it's theirs

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is repurposing someone's one liner joke okay?

the exact joke, retyped, no quote marks.

Ayes, ideas belong to everyone Byes, but only if you change it enough Conly if you credit them Dno, it's theirs

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part three

how do you feel about the different apps?

answer for how you normally consume the internet.

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how do you feel after 20 minutes on tiktok?

Abetter. lighter, i actually enjoyed it Bmildly fine. no complaints Cnothing. i just lost the time Da bit flat, or restless Egenuinely worse

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how do you feel after 20 minutes on instagram?

Abetter. lighter, i actually enjoyed it Bmildly fine. no complaints Cnothing. i just lost the time Da bit flat, or restless Egenuinely worse

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how do you feel after 20 minutes on linkedin?

Abetter. lighter, i actually enjoyed it Bmildly fine. no complaints Cnothing. i just lost the time Da bit flat, or restless Egenuinely worse

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how do you feel after 20 minutes on x?

Abetter. lighter, i actually enjoyed it Bmildly fine. no complaints Cnothing. i just lost the time Da bit flat, or restless Egenuinely worse

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how do you feel after 20 minutes on youtube?

Abetter. lighter, i actually enjoyed it Bmildly fine. no complaints Cnothing. i just lost the time Da bit flat, or restless Egenuinely worse

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does the app change what you'd take from it?

is lifting something off x different to lifting it off linkedin?

or skip it

part four

spicy bit

this is the one that tells me whether it's about the work or about the numbers.

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which is worse?

someone copies your post word for word and…

A…gets 10 likes B…gets 10,000 likes

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have you ever had content "stolen"? what happened?

or skip it

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have you ever stolen content? (be honest, nobody's watching)

or skip it

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do you think "credit" actually fixes it?

Ayes, always Bsometimes, depends on context Cnot really, it's performative Dno, the damage is already done

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who gets to be mad about content theft?

Aeveryone Bonly big accounts Conly people who make money from content Dnobody, it's the internet

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that's everything

send it?

no name, no email, nothing that points back at you. the results go in the essay.

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you'll see everyone else's answers straight after. made by renee, more of this at unsupervised.