To warn people about Australian website Mamamia ripping off posts?

[Hundredacrewoods]

Everyone talks about how the Daily Mail uses Mumsnet posts as the basis for "articles", but Australian website Mamamia is at least as prolific. In the last month ALONE Mamamia has written articles based on the following Mumsnet threads:

• CaptainCabinet's post about the spelling 'Pheobe'
• BackToBeingMe's post about lunch box police
• Cringing123's post about dressing up nicely in bed
• WigglyBraddin's post about the man who was only attracted to slim women
• Rosskidsmum's post about wearing a cream shirt to a wedding
• BearProblem's post about custody of the teddy bear
• NordicNobody's post about the initials LIAR
• ReiofHope's post about baby's nickname

There's probably nothing we can do (@MNHQ?) but just wanted to make this known.

Chantilly, yes, but pretending to be a different purpose for the express purpose of using replies for an article is a bit off, even if it meets the T&Cs it fails professional journalism ethics. As does lifting and reproducing sensitive information from a relationships thread about DV and making it public, hence meaning the woman may lose her safe space online to ask for help or even be tracked down by her ex.

*person...not purpose!

Essential Baby has done both of those things more than once

Lots of them do it. Mouth of Mums is another. Although they take from the Daily Fail and at least say where is came from.

What’s the point if this? It happens. Mumsnet can’t stop it.

Mumsnet is an open website. Anyone can read what you’ve written.

If youre happy sharing your story freely on mn, why does it matter if it appears elsewhere?

Dont want it on websites, dont post it on the internet..

YANBU to warn people, especially if it's impossible to stop.

The depths that some writers will sink to are really surprising. I remember reading excerpts from Gavin Becker's book "The gift of fear" in "Men's Health" in Australia in the 1990s. The original author had specifically said dangerous stalkers were usually male. The plagiarist had changed all the masculine nouns and pronouns to female ones and turned the advice about dangerous stalkers into advice to men about dangerous female stalkers, passing it off as their own work.
There are some real lowlifes out there desperate to produce copy to fill the spaces around the ads, and posters need to be aware of them. So, thankyou, OP