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Originally Posted by Loosheesh
From the messages I received from the author, I choose to believe that the reposting was not a direct action on this person's part, though, of course, the responsibility is theirs at the end of the day.
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I'm not sure I would believe that if I were you.
So 'someone else' took
your review, used
your name to post copies of the review on websites... and the author didn't have a clue this was happening?
Simply copying the review itself is not that big a deal. Sure, I would be annoyed, but then I'd shrug and move on. But the fact that they were posting under the same ID as your user name takes it to a different level. It basically means they were not just re-posting (i.e. plagiarism, which on the Net is virtually unavoidable), they were actively pretending to be you, which is a form of deception. And the author had no idea that 'someone else' (it's always someone else, isn't it?) was doing this? Sorry. Not buying it.
What steps is this author taking to ensure something like this doesn't happen again? Did he say? Did he confirm whether 'someone else' has done this to several other reviewers, as well? Or are you, by sheer coincidence, the only one this happened to? More likely, you're the only one who caught them.