and some things remain the same.........

Well, it just EVOLVED a whole lot when I discovered that threads I've started here are being lifted in their entirety and reposted on another Carbon Media forum called CattleForum.com under the username "Alice."

See here:
http://www.cattleforum.com/showthread.php?t=286
http://www.cattleforum.com/showthread.php?t=280

I AM NOT ALICE!

Other people's threads are also being lifted and posted under the same username.

I understand that HT/Carbon Media owns any content I post here, but my concern is over the conglomeration of posts. Let's say someone sees my rescue thread over there, and assumes that "Alice" is the same person who posts as "Willowgirl" over on HT. Then the person posts a question -- say their cow got hurt -- and "Alice" advises them to give her a shot of dexamethasone. And the person thinks, well, Willowgirl/Alice seems to know what she's doing, so I'll go ahead and follow her advice. And that (bad) advice causes their cow to abort! :mad:

So I think I've just "evolved" to the point where I'm not going to be posting much here anymore -- if I'm not banned outright for calling out HT on this practice.

It's a shame because if HT had asked if minded having my stuff cross-posted over there, UNDER MY OWN USER NAME, to help build site traffic on the new forum, I would have been happy to allow that.

I doubt I'll get an apology -- more likely, I'll be banned. We'll see, won't we?

Fraud.

Thank you willow.

Shocked

I find myself mostly reading.
Many of the posters I really liked are now gone. Either their own choice or banned.
I miss the old curmudgeons.
As for me, I am now in town so no animals to raise or study up to raise and container gardening this year will be less intense than trying to garden in years past.

The feeling here for me is changing too. Less real and too PC for me. I don't mean you must be rude to others but some times being "nice" is a matter of opinion. While I might think my comment logical and rational and not at all mean, the PTB may disagree and poof I am gone.

Feels like a guillotine hanging over the head of the threads. Not really the homey feeling that used to be here.

I understand how you feel, someone recently did the same thing to me- posting under my name on another forum.

As a mod
..Will there be any discussion or will this be a bannable subject.

With all due respect, I don't think you do, Melissa.

You were the victim of a malicious troll -- someone getting a kick out of highjacking your username.

That's not the case on CattleForum.com, or the other Carbon Media sites that are doing the same thing (borrowing posts from HT and posting them under different user names). It's a concerted effort on the part of the site owners/managers to build site traffic.

What's a shame is that if they had asked if they could repost my material, UNDER MY OWN USERNAME, to help build their new site, I would have been happy to grant permission. I might have even registered and participated there.

As it stands now, I don't think I'll be posting anything substantive on HT or the other Carbon Media forums anymore.

My question is not limited to just Melissa,

Any and all mod.....owners etc. I want to know factual what the game plan is.

Take this up in the Support & Announcement forum.

And you will not get banned for bringing it up, there.

Are they seriously re-posting things posted here and using other people's names?

My question is answered and I am shocked and disappointed.

http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/adm...forum-com.html

Here's the complete thread on why the posts are showing up other places.
What really gets to me is that according to the owner's rules our PM's are owned by them - who knows when some of them may show up someplace else?

Since this is turning into a thread that is being covered in Supporting & Announcements forum, I am closing this.