Shame on Business Insider, Gizmodo, et al. for quoting anonymous Quora answer as fact for pageviews! « The Quora Review

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, where does that leave plagiarism?

This blog has discussed Quora’s transformative effect on journalism before, bringing to light its disruptive potential on content commoditization and branding.

But over the fourth of July, a lot of this “news innovation” was effectively tossed out the window. The transgression? Prominent tech blog Silicon Alley Insider ran a story that was entirely derived from an anonymous Quora answer with no attribution what so ever.

Shame on Business Insider, Gizmodo, et al. for quoting anonymous Quora answer as fact for pageviews! « The Quora Review