Time for an installment of Friday Things:
1. Food Bloggers Fight Back About Stolen Content on Facebook – If you’re not aware, there are thousands of Facebook groups that ‘share’ bloggers’ content. Meaning, they reprint the photo, the recipe, the entire blog post as if it were there own. All bloggers work so hard on our content, from recipe development to writing the post to the photography and editing our photos to the day-to-day time and energy it takes to keep a blog going. For people to steal content and repost it as their own disgusts, frustrates, and saddens me.
Image from Amanda’s post
And many others are disgusted, too. Here’s a list of recent posts by others on the matter. Read the comments sections of these posts to get a sense of how enraged other bloggers are about the issue:
Susan Powers of Rawmazing wrote this guest post on Dianne Jacobs’ site
Meaghan Mountford, blogging at The Decorated Cookie and author of Sugarlicious, wrote this piece
Amanda wrote What Every Facebook User Needs to Know
Copyright-issues-and-why-they-cause-a-lot-of-drama-mama-its-all-about-r-e-s-p-e-c-t-and-props-lots-of-props, by Jasmin of 1 Fine Cookie
No doubt there are other posts about it, but there are 1000 comments in those 4 posts to keep you busy for awhile.
As I commented on Dianne’s post, “It’s a negative time, energy, and resource suck on all levels. Sometimes I just have to let it go b/c I can’t control it all, nor can any of us. And it sucks up our time, good energy, and our creativity to police it.”
2. Ilume Coconut Milk Mango Candle at Anthro. ‘A warm, tropical blend of ripe mango and sweet coconut’ but no description comes close to telling you how good it smells. It’s perhaps the best-smelling candle jar I’ve ever stunk my nose into. I wanted to eat it. I wanted to wear it. It’s just outstanding. My taste in candles loves ranges from all-time favorites like Yankee Buttercream to Aveda Shampure but this Coconut-Mango takes the cake.
3. Since I can’t drink the candle, I’ll drink a Pineapple Mango Vitamin C Booster Smoothie (vegan, GF)
4. I set my flatiron on my 10 year old Mason Pearson Rake Style Comb
and melted it. I caved and ordered another one because no other comb is like it. It just feels good in my hair and in my hand when I use it.
I am painfully cheap and will buy store or generic brand chocolate chips if it will save me thirty cents and I’ll obsess over spending an extra buck on my preferred toothpaste, but when it comes to this comb, it’s the best and I paid up. I don’t use The Best lightly when it comes to cookies or combs.
5. Tori Spelling pinned my Healthy Fudgy Brownie Bites (no-bake, vegan, GF, grain-free/Paleo, soy-free, no added sugar or salt) the day after I posted them. I was so flattered!
6. I guess I have a way with the 90210 ladies and dough balls. Lauren Conrad featured my Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls on her website as mentioned in item 8 here.
7. Upon walking into Anthropologie on the recent candle trip visit, my six year old said, “OMG Mom. I want to move in here!” You and me both, honey.
The sheer joy in her face and seeing the gorgeous clothes, dishes, books, and frilly, pretty things was just so evident. It starts young, doesn’t it.
8. I recently bought these OXO Good Grips Measuring Cups, Stainless Steel and I love them. Granted, anything was a step up from the plastic grocery-store set I’d been using for 5 years.
These feel so solid in my hand and goopy batter doesn’t stick to the inside of them. I use the quarter-cup measure to fill my muffin pan for Banana Yogurt Muffins and it slides right out.
9. I have spring fever and I wish the weather would get and stay warm. None of the teaser days where you get a hot snap for a day, and then it’s back to sweater weather. I love the longer days; now I just want them warmer. Like this.
10. These Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Dough Crumble Bars are some of the best bars I’ve made in ages and if you’re looking for a 10-minute, throw-together recipe, I highly recommend them.
What are your Friday Things?
If you’ve made anything, done, seen, or bought anything fabulous recently, feel free to link it up in the comments.
Any thoughts about the copyright and Facebook sharing issues?
Combs you love? 90210 fan? Kitchen gadgets? Spring fever?
Thanks for the entries in the KithenAid 5-Quart Stand Mixer Giveaway!
Have a great weekend and check back for a giveaway!
Ok, first off congrats on the pins and posts from Tori and Lauren. I actually love Tori and thinks she’s hilarious. Have you ever seen her show or read her books? She’s totally someone I could see myself hanging with.
I of course haven’t heard about this Facebook stealing fiasco. It’s totally rude and lame for anyone to steal another person’s hard work. I’m sure in the end, that people will find out that the people posting these images and recipes are fakes. What goes around comes around you know! Thanks for the heads up. I will definitely look into it! xoxo, Jackie
RAMPANT huge problem. Yes, something to be aware of but don’t drive yourself nuts…because in the end, not a fight we can always win, but something to think about!
congrats on the tori spelling post that is so exciting…i am such a 90210 wanna be groupie. hahahaha the work that you and other wonderful bloggers do … and that people would just take it as their own is so awful, mean and selfish.
Ha, I always say the same thing when I walk into Anthro. Wouldn’t it be a dream to just wake up and have that kind of wardrobe waiting for ya?!
So awesome that Tori Spelling pinned and that Lauren Conrad featured your recipe! And I’m also in love with anthropologie – their aprons are the cutest aprons I’ve ever seen!
I have that candle! :D In my office, next to my computer. So I never burn it, but whenever I’m stressed, I open it up and inhale deeply. Anthro always has the best candle selection and Illume are among my favorites!
Congrats on the mentions, too! I love 90210–the reruns were my guilty pleasure in college. :)
I love that ecard! I love your “Friday things” post even more! Those peanut butter cup bars have my name written all over them! Hope you have a great weekend!
I love that someecard! It’s so true, I can’t believe how angry people get when bloggers just say, “please don’t steal what I work so hard to create!” Most people don’t realize it’s wrong, but to be told it’s wrong and then get angry and lash out at the person you STOLE from is insane.
It’s like when cars nearly hit you in a crosswalk, but you’re in the crosswalk and have the right of way. But they are the ones screaming at you, calling you crazy. Ummm, no, you have that the wrong way around :)
I read Meaghan Mountford’s post last week – at first it scared me, then I just got angry. How on earth can people get upset over bloggers wanting credit for their own work? It just boggles the mind. Anyway, like you said, it’s saps our energy…I guess we all need to be more vigilant.
On a lighter note; I can’t believe that you were using plastic measuring cups too! *phew* I thought I was the only one. Time for an upgrade, methinks. :)
I wrote a cookbook and a blog of 4 yrs with a 2.99 set from the grocery store of white flimsy measuring cups. It was TIME for an upgrade and I looooove these new ones. So solid and sturdy and just nicer to use!
That candle from Anthro smells SOOO good, and I’ve got to make that smoothie soon. Your peanut butter bars look like something I need to make for a party I’m going to later today! If I do, I’ll let you know! Congrats on Tori Spelling…that is really fantastic! Have a great weekend!
They are so easy and I hope you try them. LMK!!
I looove that you shared all those posts about stolen content, it realizing is so upsetting and ridiculous how defensive and harsh the culprits are.
I also love all the food and your famous people shares and Anthropologie!
Not only do they steal, they get defensive when called out on it. Truly amazing. Headshake indeed!
Ah stupid iPhone made me sound dumb in that comment lol. Yes I was trying to say that the people getting so defensive and mean which is so infuriating. Ugh
No I totally got your gist, no worries! And commenting on iphones..the hardest! The autocorrects are just unreal sometimes :)
Congrats on all of your recent features! :) And I love Anthropologie. Everything from clothes to candles is wonderful there. Have a great weekend!
First I want to say awesome being pinned by celebrities! To cool!
I am outraged by all the theft there has been with stealing photos and recipes. We work so hard and if someone likes the recipe, then give them credit. I have had a few stolen lately myself, just like you, it’s horrible and I am simply pissed over the whole ordeal!!
I want to make those peanut butter cups brownies. I have some in the freezer I got after Christmas on clearance.
Do it! They only take 10 mins to toss together!
Those candles are too pretty and the smoothie looks so refreshing! great post :)
Dang, I knew people were stealing things (luckily it only happened to me twice that I know of), but I didn’t realize they were then being so hateful about it. That is the saddest thing to me. It’s easy to make a mistake and not realize that you need to credit, but when the blogger nicely points it out and people start making threats? I love the internet and social media, but I really really hate the way people act behind a computer screen. It’s like all rules of kindness and social grace just disappear and people (not all of course) turn into the worst versions of themselves.
PS–congrats on all that celebrity pinning!! So awesome, and you totally deserve it!
Thanks for the congrats and just today, I’ve had three readers/friends write to me saying hey, I just saw your xyz recipe and pics posted on abc’s FBpage as their own. Fun times. Who in their right mind would steal…a recipe. If I’m going to steal, I plan to at least rob a bank. Not rob a recipe :)
Loving those crumble bars! I have those measuring cups, they totally rock. And look at you and the 90210 set. :) Much deserved. Have a great weekend.
Have a great weekend as well. Hope it’s still cool there! You know, under 90F :)