Open letter to the Rake Forums MNspeak ^[1]:

Dear Rake forums MNspeak,

Knock it off.

There is lots of info to go around and it’s entirely possible for lots of people to come across something – especially a news item – independently. We all have the right to spread what information we find interesting and perhaps useful to our respective audiences. Maybe you don’t get to something in a timely fashion and forget where you found it in the first place.

But this ^[2] was blatantly taken from us ^[3]. Items are routinely taken from Mediation ^[4] without attribution.

This is all I’m asking for:

(via ^[5])

Just that. You don’t even have to say my name.

This is a broader blogging courtesy issue, but since we’re all trying to serve overlapping audiences, I’m calling on you, Rake forums MNspeak, and every blogger and commenter in the Twin Cities to be nice and throw a link to your source wherever possible. I’ll do my best to do the same.

Thanks,
Erica