Hey fellow bloggers and readers. It's been awhile since I've posted a rambling and rant about a certain subject. If many of you haven't known by now, I'll give the general version of what's going on in the book blogging world. A very well known book blogger, Kristi, from The Story Siren was accused of plagiarizing another blog, not once, but at least five times.
Now, at school, we've always been taught that Plagiarism is a big no no and will usually be expelled for it. I don't know the whole gist of the story, but, it's always sad to hear when some one has been accused of something so horrible. Bloggers are always trying to set their blog apart from other blogs, trying to be the most unique, and trying to get more loyal readers to read and follow their blog. What most people that aren't in the blogging business don't know, is that even though we get some perks for blogging, it's very time consuming, and we get pressured for reviews to be done in a timely manner, and as stated before, we are always pressured to be the most unique out of everyone else.
Now, if Kristi was in fact plagiarizing, I don't condone what she did, but I understand that she might have felt pressured to do so. And if in fact she did plagiarize, she should at least take a short break from blogging and lay low.
I adored Kristi and her blog and it was in fact one of the first YA book blogs that I started to follow. She was in fact the person to inspire me to start my own book review blog, and I was introduced to a whole new community, with so many awesome people.
I understand that there is always pressure, but she should have acknowledged the other blog for credit. I even wouldn't have minded if she'd copied and paste the whole article on to her blog, but with the credit for the other blog as well, if she did in fact, copy word for word. And if she didn't want to give credit, it probably would have been okay to post the same title, but her own thoughts on the subject.
In the blogging world, we are always insecure of followers loosing interest, but if you have to resort to something that low, I'd rather not have posted anything until I actually have something to post in my own words.
Most people would also argue that with more than 6 billion people on the planet, that it's hard to have your own original thought. And most times, especially in this particular business, you have to trust that people are writing their own thoughts. But I also understand the situation coming from the other blogger. I know I'd be completely furious if someone's plagiarized my words too. Kristi is such a huge figure in the book blogging world, that if she did in fact do something like this, there should be some consequences that should be followed. When the story broke out in the blogging world, I saw quite a few bloggers with the title of Plagiarism in the subject header, which makes me wonder if I'm going to be accused of plagiarism as well, after writing this post. I could go on and on with this subject, but I think I'll leave you all with a philosophy. If you're thinking about doing something that your conscience knows is wrong, you're better off not doing it at all, otherwise it could and probably will come back and bite you in the ass.
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