Guess AskMe writes for Lifehacker now! October 25, 2017 1:45 PM Subscribe
They've lifted this entire thread: Alternatives to Love and basically cribbed it for a blog post. They've even directly quoted many of the users that posted in the thread. Thanks to the original posters for their answers!
Yes, that would be the post. Meant to include it. Thanks!
posted by googlebombed at 2:11 PM on October 25, 2017
posted by googlebombed at 2:11 PM on October 25, 2017
At least he gave credit, so it's not plagiarism or anything.
posted by scalefree at 6:29 PM on October 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by scalefree at 6:29 PM on October 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
That's also how I found Metafilter originally. I guess you could say it's cribbed, but the fact that they're citing sources I think means that on the whole, Metafilter just gets better if someone reads a post like that, visits the site, and gets to reading more.
posted by Sequence at 6:31 PM on October 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Sequence at 6:31 PM on October 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
The "...says user late afternoon dreaming hotel" stuff gives it a Computational Journalism vibe.
posted by rhizome at 7:01 PM on October 25, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 7:01 PM on October 25, 2017 [2 favorites]
Yeah, I'm another one who first found Metafilter through Lifehacker. I don't even really read Lifehacker much anymore, but I'm so glad they pointed me here.
posted by DingoMutt at 7:50 PM on October 25, 2017
posted by DingoMutt at 7:50 PM on October 25, 2017
There was also the thread / article about video games as self care by the same author.
posted by batter_my_heart at 9:33 PM on October 25, 2017
posted by batter_my_heart at 9:33 PM on October 25, 2017
I came here via Lifehacker's old "Ask Metafilter Roundup" posts too.
posted by ellieBOA at 4:19 AM on October 26, 2017
posted by ellieBOA at 4:19 AM on October 26, 2017
I'm another person who found Ask Metafilter through Lifehacker. (It took me longer to figure out that Metafilter is an actual thing though).
posted by oceano at 7:47 AM on October 26, 2017
posted by oceano at 7:47 AM on October 26, 2017
This nonsense has been going on with Lifehacker for a long time. I mentioned it on Twitter a few years ago and the then-editor just about took my head off. I quit reading LH soon after.
posted by _Mona_ at 3:57 PM on October 29, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by _Mona_ at 3:57 PM on October 29, 2017 [1 favorite]
To be clear, I’m glad they’re at least citing Metafilter now.
posted by _Mona_ at 4:05 PM on October 29, 2017
posted by _Mona_ at 4:05 PM on October 29, 2017
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Basically, this is something that happens sometimes, and is just the web being the web -- since in this case, it's a one-off, and they're crediting the commenters and providing a link to the question, so basically water, duck's back.
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 1:49 PM on October 25, 2017 [1 favorite]