Is Copy-Pasting Hurting Our Community? Let's Share Real Value Together

Hey Buddies, I have seen a lot of members engaging in the act of copying and pasting here. I kindly request them not to do this and instead share and post valuable information.

My heartfelt thanks to those who are contributing to make this site valuable.

Regards,
Gurgaon HR

Appreciate your concern, dear member. With due respect to your viewpoint, not everyone is blessed with good writing skills. So, as long as the article doesn't hurt anyone, I see no harm in good thoughts being spread.

The best way to spread information is not to copy and paste, but to provide a link to where one can find the article. This helps to avoid unintended plagiarism or copyright violations.

For example, I found the original source of a story posted at http://<i>&amp;lt;link outdated-remo...> #post1889621. The source is “UNLESS I AM SURE...”, which carries the following note at the bottom of the page: FROM: Leahlyn A. Guloy, Beautiful Story (excerpt). Shared by Joe Gatuslao, Bacolod City, Philippines.

Respecting Contributions and Efforts

It is not a question of harming anybody; it is about giving respect to others' efforts and contributions, which in turn will boost your own self-respect. As our senior member mentioned above, one should give courtesy to the source or connect with a hyperlink.

Regards,
Suresh

I do agree that "copy & paste" is not a good practice. However, there are many freshers and students on this site who are in need of good information; so once they find it, they are just copying it. It takes some time for freshers and students to gain experience and contribute their own ideas. Even though I am a fresher, I am about to start my career as an HR Executive on Monday. With only theoretical knowledge, I feel a little scared as I can't depend on or seek help from anyone else in my office. So I am also searching for a lot of HR resources on this site.