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Post by insomnius on Mar 2, 2007 12:00:41 GMT -5
Someone I was once friends with and grew away from used to quote himself in his own email signature. I thought it was the HEIGHT of arrogance and ego - something that I had seen growing in this person for a long time but had not really been paying attention. Seeing this in an email he sent me that was less than pleasant struck me and crystallized many nagging feelings about this person I'd had for a while but could not put into words. I have quoted many people in signatures - people from this board, William Blake (He whose face gives no light will never be a star.)(simply brilliant - get it?  ) How do you feel about this? Do you think it's egotistical? |
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Mar 2, 2007 12:27:59 GMT -5
I have quoted many people in signatures - people from this board, William Blake (He whose face gives no light will never be a star.)(simply brilliant - get it? ) Well, that Blake quote is in itself a call to not "hide your light under a bushel." It depends on the person. Some people are just naturally full of pith, and that can piss off the jealous and envious. Carried to an extreme I would say it's unhealthy, but if one is capable of uttering and/or writing bon mots, why not? Especially if the expression has received a positive response from others, e.g. "You really should write that down." I sometimes quote posts of mine on this board because my response in the present is the same that it was in the past, and I'm just too lazy to reword and retype it—except when it comes to Kovalev who perpetually inspires me. |
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Post by franko on Mar 2, 2007 12:35:19 GMT -5
My peeve is the opposite -- those who never have an original idea yet pass off someone else's thoughts as their won. Agreement with another person is one thing; plagarism is another. [insert stolen remark, attribute it to self, follow by smilie]
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Post by Doc Holliday on Mar 2, 2007 15:53:27 GMT -5
I guess it depends. I've seen some people here quote themselves with the purpose of comparing or challenging how a prediction they made looks on a time table. I wouldn't call that egotistical but more something done in good humour or tongue in cheek. I’ve also seen people quote themselves in a way that definitely reflected self satisfaction and arrogance. I rarely quote myself (though I do repeat myself unfortunately) but that is because I am generally way too lazy to dig in old posts... All in all I can’t say I’m able to establish a trend to qualify frequent self-quoters.
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Post by franko on Mar 2, 2007 15:56:10 GMT -5
Far easier to quote others and say what he says. Beats thinking for yourself. |
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Post by CentreHice on Mar 2, 2007 16:32:48 GMT -5
Quoting yourself is wrong. Quoting yourself is wrong. I have quoted myself in the past....not because I thought what I said was profound or "quotable"...but to show that a past post agrees with a new opinion of a poster. Or, as has been already mentioned, I'm too lazy to type the same opinion again. I also admit to quoting an old post of mine once or twice to prove I was correct in my assertion/prediciton. I've seen a lot of posters do that. I never take it as gloating, though. If any have come off as smug....it was not my intention. For example, if someone says in a Game Thread that they think Abby will let in two goals in the first 5 minutes...and Abby does just that.....I don't mind if he quotes his original post with the subtitle: Told ya! That's part of the exercise of sharing thoughts with all these knowledgeable fans. I also admit when I'm wrong or way-off....which BTW is what I hope re: my March/April predicition of 6-8-2. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 2, 2007 18:32:46 GMT -5
Franko, as a college night school facilitator, plagiarizing is something that our facility just doesn't tolerate. And while it isn't the same frequency as college or high school kids, adult learners aren't immune to it either.
What people of all ages simply don't understand is that listing your references adds more credibility to their work than if they try to pass it off as their own. And as a result, I usually give them a second chance albeit at a lower mark. However, if they want to stand firm, I run the assignment through "http://www.turnitin.com/static/home.html" then go to the college, get their support and fail the paper accordingly.
As far as quoting yourself, well, I could care less really. If that's someone's bag, fine and dandy. Good on them. I've done it very infrequently, but most times I'll say something like, "we've talked about this before ... yadda, yadda, yadda ..." because I have better things to do than go back in my posts to find the information.
However, one thing I think we can all relate to at one time or another, is someone posting exactly the same thing as us, maybe, oh I don't know, 2 hours after the original post went up. It's hard to read everything (most of us can relate to that too), but then sometimes that person gets replies for an original idea.
It used to irk me, because it used to happen to me often. But, really, my pride doesn't rest with an Internet board. So, again, I could care less.
Oh, and Go Habs Go!!!! Oops! Wrong board.
Cheers.
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Post by PTH on Mar 2, 2007 18:38:39 GMT -5
I voted "yes" although I do it myself, because I just wanted to keep track of my prediction, and at this point I'm leaving it to show I don't take myself too seriously.
That being said, I do find that people who feel a need to quote themselves repeatedly and use that as the basis for multiple posts, well, I figure their opinion was already read repeatedly, quoting oneself just as an easy way to restate one's opinion gets on my nerves on the long run.
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Post by Cranky on Mar 2, 2007 21:00:15 GMT -5
This is what I said about quoting myself..... I'm always right the first time so why do you guys make me repeat it? I'm always right the first time so why do you guys make me repeat it? I'm always right the first time so why do you guys make me repeat it? |
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