tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post4283371587076626081..comments2024-02-21T08:09:35.889-08:00Comments on ZenDotStudio: BuddhaRocks.org & The Second PreceptZenDotStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-40880374641053123482011-12-07T14:49:15.324-08:002011-12-07T14:49:15.324-08:00Missed out ...
Fifth, it's not that I deliber...Missed out ...<br /><br />Fifth, it's not that I deliberately do not want to link back. There is no such feature in the script. <br /><br />All I could do is to leave the hyperlinks intact as well as strip off the "word spinner". And I have been working on it ever since. Only recently did I manage to find a way to do that and more ... See the new site.Goodizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149883017620385393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-3376083488930401882011-12-07T14:46:55.876-08:002011-12-07T14:46:55.876-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Goodizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149883017620385393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-56006112159361806682011-12-07T14:30:46.986-08:002011-12-07T14:30:46.986-08:00Greetings
I am the designer who volunteered to pu...Greetings<br /><br />I am the designer who volunteered to put up the BuddhaRocks.org portal, and I discover this 'complain' only today.<br /><br />I wonder why none of you bother to contact Buddharocks.org instead of making wild, actually, almost malicious accusations against the portal all over the Internet ?<br /><br />In my humble opinion, I think what you're doing isn't very Goodizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149883017620385393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-8050043470009050802011-12-07T14:12:55.942-08:002011-12-07T14:12:55.942-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Goodizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149883017620385393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-47911264089858178822011-04-25T21:00:43.523-07:002011-04-25T21:00:43.523-07:00This certainly sparked more conversation than I ha...This certainly sparked more conversation than I had anticipated! Reading through all the responses it gives me pause to think about all the dimensions to this. Thank you.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09688546442746669587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-53897805296912946102011-04-22T15:21:28.996-07:002011-04-22T15:21:28.996-07:00Laura - You were not the only one to make such a c...Laura - You were not the only one to make such a comment and certainly I was not having a "grumble" at you! I haven't really been feeling irritated about it particularly, so no suffering here! More like frustrated at nuisance behaviour.<br /><br />It is true that the more people that can read the Dharma, the better which is probably part of the reason I don't see it as a big ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-19322390964661628682011-04-22T14:44:31.004-07:002011-04-22T14:44:31.004-07:00Any means does not justify the ends, that's no...Any means does not justify the ends, that's not where I was going...but I can see why you might think that I was saying that...I'm sorry this has happened to you and others...and perhaps you are right and it was a financial thing and as others have stated, someone NOT paying attention...all quite ironic considering the subject matter. It was not honorable, no doubt about that. I guess I Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349928247626849914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-72960093856747225092011-04-21T18:08:57.120-07:002011-04-21T18:08:57.120-07:00MeANderi - Glad you enjoyed the fun part of this. ...MeANderi - Glad you enjoyed the fun part of this. And Lynette has had this happen from the Buddhist webring. This is something I set up when I first started blogging to bring traffic, but it may not really be worth it anymore.<br /><br />Lynnette - Thanks for her twitter account. Glad you enjoyed seeing the post on her site, I giggled when I thought of this idea. Better to laugh than get mad!ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-20468351780733700822011-04-21T16:06:12.421-07:002011-04-21T16:06:12.421-07:00PS: too funny... this post on BuddhaRocks taking w...PS: too funny... this post on BuddhaRocks taking what is not given is listed in the post list as "BuddhaRocks & te Second Precept" - i.e. your post...<br /><br />http://twitter.com/#!/annagoh is her account.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-65244010328951764342011-04-21T15:52:04.883-07:002011-04-21T15:52:04.883-07:00The owner/bot of BuddhaRocks has a Twitter account...The owner/bot of BuddhaRocks has a Twitter account and for a while she was twitting my blog posts. When BuddhaRocks started scraping my posts, I assumed it was an aggregator. Became apparent after a while it wasn't. She's also on Facebook. I'm glad I don't rate being hijacked any more. :-)<br /><br />I don't get bent out of shape much either however it is theft (I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-79587512345667892352011-04-21T15:44:36.107-07:002011-04-21T15:44:36.107-07:00PS - Many times on your blog I am automatically se...PS - Many times on your blog I am automatically sent to Web Ring Buddhist Blogs... Maybe it's the same automated set up. It just happened again now when I posted my previous comment... Just thought I'd let you know. :)Mystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-32487300578825391922011-04-21T15:42:32.098-07:002011-04-21T15:42:32.098-07:00I got the sense too that the other site is "a...I got the sense too that the other site is "automated" and the "owner" isn't really paying attention. I agree that it wasn't done to share the Dharma. And it's not so much the copyright as it is the courtesy to acknowledge someone else's writing, art, photos, ideas, creativity, etc. In blog land especially we appreciate the nod and the link. So for me it reallyMystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-25984132113680250032011-04-21T14:45:37.085-07:002011-04-21T14:45:37.085-07:00G Juana - it was meant to be fun and to see the ot...G Juana - it was meant to be fun and to see the other side of it!ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-52858386888017125012011-04-21T11:44:04.703-07:002011-04-21T11:44:04.703-07:00I remember Adam's comment about a blog copying...I remember Adam's comment about a blog copying your material without credit. <br /><br />Nathan's suggestion about limiting your site feed is a good one. If you wanted, you could also put a link back to your blog and a copyright footer at the bottom of posts.<br /><br />I think you're right not to get stressed by it. At the same time, it's only natural to have some response, GalleryJuanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575583597100806570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-71311105436720793372011-04-21T09:44:31.272-07:002011-04-21T09:44:31.272-07:00"I am not bent out of shape about this but do..."I am not bent out of shape about this but do find it distasteful and wanted to have a little fun with it. I expect this behaviour will increase in cyberspace as it becomes more lucrative for people to set up site, poach content and collect ad revenue. It's nuisance behaviour really. So far condoned by google in their non response to the info." <br /><br />Yeah, this is about how I Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-4231382345079120302011-04-21T08:49:02.341-07:002011-04-21T08:49:02.341-07:00Laura - thanks for your kind words. it is true tha...Laura - thanks for your kind words. it is true that the possibility for other people to read our posts, true a larger audience is being reached, but this would then imply that any means justify an end. I'm not sure that you'd agree with that but that would be the extension of that reasoning. I do believe the poaching has to do with adsense dollars as opposed to any sharing of Dharma inZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-45452617358258520412011-04-21T08:13:56.270-07:002011-04-21T08:13:56.270-07:00More than once when I click on your posts, I am fl...More than once when I click on your posts, I am flung through cyberspace to that other site. Hijacked. It happened again just now. I thought you were affiliated. Now I know you aren't.Leslie Avon Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235003342775117469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-78072548988614377182011-04-21T07:21:22.136-07:002011-04-21T07:21:22.136-07:00You know, I'm kind of torn about all of this. ...You know, I'm kind of torn about all of this. My posts have been going up over there for several months now at least. I actually knew about it awhile back and forgot to check in again until Adam and a few others mentioned it recently to me. <br /><br />I get the sense that whomever runs that site has just set up an RSS feed that reprints whatever comes through it. They choose the blogs to Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-19370318512145415302011-04-21T06:49:46.639-07:002011-04-21T06:49:46.639-07:00Ugh. Of course he (or she) has now reposted THIS b...Ugh. Of course he (or she) has now reposted THIS blog without citation.<br /><br />Oh the bitter irony.<br /><br />*Sigh*Mandy_Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561598721266208665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-15728900710931582642011-04-21T04:18:06.029-07:002011-04-21T04:18:06.029-07:00Oh Carole, I'm so sorry this happened to you. ...Oh Carole, I'm so sorry this happened to you. It was/is wrong...absolutely and yet, there is a lovely compliment in it all too. This person felt your writing, your thoughts were worth sharing (even though it was done without crediting you and without your permission). In an unconventional (and mischievous) way, perhaps there is blessing to be found here. The wisdom has still been offered, andLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349928247626849914noreply@blogger.com