[Meme] What is it for you to share?

The truth is that I do not know how to start this post, I suppose that as everything is a matter of letting the flow of ideas of the mind find its way. All bloggers who participate in this Meme want to make a parenthesis to ask your opinion. What is sharing? I mean, we've all been blogging for a while, sharing news, tips, thoughts, etc. with all of you. We give without receiving in return and we have been "plagiarized" at times, in quotes because I think it is a very strong word and we do not want to bother anyone. Thus, between us, we have thrown the question into the air, these are the answers. You will tell us what you think.

«Is it important to share? For me it is, my mind is GNU. You create, share, contribute and recreate, like this in a continuous cycle. Many giving ideas, all contributing about them. The problem starts when you comment on your sources. Many times it is not possible to name all the events, people or news that serve to give rise to what is published in a blog. It is inevitable to make mistakes, but it is a crime not to acknowledge them. We have thought of publishing each participant of this entry a paragraph that summarizes our idea. I think that sharing is a right that should not clash with the pride of each one. Modesty."

Michael Stop (Ubuntiendoelplaneta.com)

«I think that the problem is not sharing, since that is what we do every day in this“ profession ”, here the issue is the lack of ethics that some show towards their colleagues. Many defend themselves by saying that when a news item is published on the Internet, it is in the public domain and everyone has the right to do what they want with it. This may be true, but one can use the information posted in an entry to create their own story without the need to copy verbatim. Not only is it unethical to copy a story as is without citing the source, but it is an example of how poor the work of a blogger can be, that it does not even serve to create its own content based entirely on another. »

David Gómez (emslinux.com)

«I believe that the essence of a blog, in addition to being able to express oneself freely, is the link, if you read a blog post that you liked and it triggered a post of its own, the link occurs or should occur naturally, and in a certain way It is a way of rewarding or recognizing (and even disagreeing with) the work of the original blog, by doing this, citing the source, we are giving it an entity that otherwise we would be almost awarding ourselves a work that does not belong to us.

I have noticed that when a blog grows too large, thanks to its excellent work, I think nobody doubts it, it gives the feeling that it is difficult to recognize the work of others who may be at the same height, it seems like Miguel says, that the ego in these cases blur the sight. "

Leonardo Garcia (Ubunlog.com)

«I think the issue that the problem here is dealing with is purely editorial. The question of whether or not sources should be cited, ethics, is an issue that has always been discussed, long before there were blogs.

To this is added that today we can find news through social networks, and then you have to ask yourself, does one have to quote the user who said it and put the link to an article?

Here we would enter into the usual, why does one have to reveal their sources or who they follow on Twitter or other networks?

If you see a news item on the fourth site that wrote it, should you cite that source or look for who the original was from? There are so many fringes on this topic.

As Leonardo says, the small blogs, if we see a news in a big one, we usually put the source. The big ones put lots of news that have appeared in small blogs and rarely mention the source.

Many times I have written a post that later a large one has published and logically when someone reads it on my blog, what they will think is that I took it from there and I did not mention the source, in this case I say the same as them: Maybe we have the same sources.

But this is an issue that goes a long way and is not easy to solve. »

Rose Guillen (novatillasku.com)

“We all like that our work is beneficial for other people and sharing it is the way to make it reach more people than if we only allowed it to be published on a single site. But the problem lies when others attribute the work we have done, recognition is the only compensation we receive (some of you will say that also money but it only gives me for some beer and the others I do not think I get them out of poor), the Seeing how useful the effort made is and reading the thank you comments is what encourages us to continue writing, if we are deprived of that, our desire to write will gradually diminish when we see that our effort is forgotten. »

Edward Parra (portalubuntu.com)

“The theme of our blogs is GNU / Linux, which has been created thanks to brilliant minds, but which would not have reached where it is today or where it will be in the future without the COMMUNITY. We are all part of it and we all share our knowledge in the respective spaces, be it a little or a lot, so that someone can help themselves with it. As Edu says, when you make an entry and they thank you for your help with comments or they have more problems and you manage to solve them, the mere fact that they reward that effort with gratitude is what encourages us to continue. That said, I have to say that when I have created an entry and seen it copied as is in another blog without citing the source, or even citing it, I feel a bit frustrated and annoyed. I know that my license is Creative Commons and that the objective of the blog is to spread the word, but I consider that anyone can draw on what I have done and give their version, since I am not someone so important nor do I know enough to consider my word as absolute . »

Angel Fernandez Ochoa (nosinmiubuntu.com)

“Many of us when we created our blogs we did so with the purpose of sharing our knowledge and experiences. That's the idea and it hasn't changed since then. In this Linux world, a lot of news tend to appear, of which we become spokespersons, and sometimes many of us end up repeating the same news over and over again. Some cite the original source while others cite the blog from which they learned the news. It all depends on the ethics of the blogger behind the blog.

Personally, I think the important thing is to cite at least one source from where we get the information, since we are not going to cite all the blogs that also talked about the news. If there is a main source, I am one of those who thinks that it should be shown as a source, since it is the most reliable link that exists and to which we should direct our attention. The problem here is when original content is created and its creator is not given proper credit. Ethically it would not be appropriate to publish certain content which does not belong to us and in which the original author has used his time, without giving it due credit. The original author has the same purpose as all of us, to share, and he does so for free, therefore it would be appropriate for us to show respect by citing the source. "

Gabriel Medina (gabuntu.wordpress.com)

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