The tendency of boards to restrict "spamming" other boards really makes it impossible to give credit where credit is due when someone makes a legit post referencing something read on another board. I think it's rude and inexcusable to pass someone's ideas off as your own, but totally legit for someone to bring a topic of discussion from one board to another with a different population and different opinions.

The recent changes on this board are an example of what partially motivates people to do stuff like that, though; requiring people to make posts regardless of whether or not they have anything useful to contribute actually encourages people to rip off other people's ideas, start junk threads, etc. trying to look like an active member of the community. While it's not something I would do, I think a lot of people are so consumed by post count and and views, etc. it's like a lot of other things in this industry . . . if you can't make your own content, steal or "use" someone else's.

I'm not trying to make excuses for people who steal other people's ideas (and NO excuse whatsoever for stealing posts word for word, if that's what you're talking about), but some people in this business get so caught up in "protecting" their work that they discourage anyone from seeing it at all.