[-jimi-]

I go here and to my friend's forum which is mainly for depression. I notice I dart back and forth putting posts, but sometimes the same topic is discussed both places. Sometimes my post there could fit well here as well and vice versa.

Is there a rule about cloning posts, do all posts I put here have to be unique for this forum?

[Gus1234U]

i know there are some topics which do seem to include more than one forum topic... like anxiety and PTSD, or depression and bipolar... etc. if i want to reach a wider 'audience' i do post in more than one forum, and rather than type everything out, i may copy and paste a substantial portion of a post. that is rare, however, but i don't know of any rule against it.

best wishes~
Gus

[-jimi-]

I kind of meant between PC and another site I visit.

[Gus1234U]

ooooops

the only Regulation i have read is against copying and posting Other People's materials ~ ?? (which seems kind of dumb, since all posts are uploaded to the internet anyway~)

[healingme4me]

I feel, copying your own stuff is ethically sound.

Usually, depending on others material, it's safer to err on giving credit, even if to state anonymous. If you are cross posting, stands to reason, others read.

I once had a whole thread (not PC)'shared', with,a personal friend. All, names, dates omitted, doctored to look, like it was all me. Uncool, unfair, created trouble.

Here, in PC I've noticed, you can share links...each poster receives ownership, own stuff.

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[-jimi-]

Of course I'm taking about posts I wrote myself and that are within guidelines for both sites.

You think this is a nobrainer but I belonged to several communities in the past that really frowned upon you posting the same thing in two different locations. The reasoning was like, you should not look like you support more than one forum and if you post two same posts different places it shows (if someone happens to read both) that you are unfaithful to your forum and also are lazy enough not to always make unique posts.

Some posts that could be worth cloning could be if you have an issue or thought you want a lot of input on, and they fit both places alike, and you really worked hard on that post so you'd rather not write the same thing again in different words.

I'm not talking about constant crossposting, just a few here and there.