Your thread getting stolen?

[tmujir955]

Recently I've noticed that many of my threads are being stolen(kinda). When I think of them at school or on the train I come home to find the exact same thread in the "Hot Threads" section. Just yesterday I thought, ok, I'm going to do a thread about who has the best avatar on The Escapist. Today, I see the exact same thread.

Just to make things clear, I am not accusing the person who created that thread of anything. I just find this extremely weird. It's happened to me five times already. Has it happened to you?

I tried searching but the only results were "Stolen Pixels" comics.

 

[robman1130]

....so other people have the same idea as you....

 

[Cherry Cola]

Furburt ninja'd you. It has happened to all of us.

 

[Left 2 Francis]

I hate stolen threads.

 

[ThePoodonkis]

Great minds think alike, I suppose.

And no, this hasn't happened to me. I don't make threads very often.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

Obviously your ideas aren't unique and creative enough to the point that only you can think of them.

Be more creative now!

 

[Irridium]

Someone is obviously stalking you.

Or it could be that other people just think the same way and don't bother searching to see if the thread has already been done.

 

[internetzealot1]

You should probably get your topics patented before you post.

 

[grimsprice]

The reason your search turned up Stolen Pixel comics is because you used the "Search the Escapist" bar in the upper right.

Thats not the search function.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/search

Go here and search.

OT: Not so much on the threads, but i find that if i learn something, or hear about something new, all of a sudden, its everywhere.

 

[tmujir955]

Furburt ninja'd you. It has happened to all of us.

That was the word I was looking for. Thanks.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

To be honest, the "Who has the best Avatar" Thread has been done like 40 times since I joined 11 months ago and it proably won't be the last one I see.

I don't create threads for some reason and I don't ever really plan to. So I don't get these "My idea was stolen" feelings that you have.

 

[orangebandguy]

Yes, I made a thread about The Saboteur, called 'The Saboteur' and someone made another thread with the exact same title and subject matter two days later. They even used to damn searchbar! What on Earth did they put in?

So I linked my thread and set things straight.

 

[grimsprice]

Gah, fuck. disappearing posts!!!!

Gah, fuck. Reappearing posts!!!!

 

[Cherry Cola]

Yep, it sometimes does.

Thankfully, you can yell 'Search Bar' to make you feel better.

You are the culprit here, therefore not welcome!

EVIL!

 

[FranzTyphid]

it just means your the best-est

 

[Pimppeter2]

Nope, not when you are as unique as this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.158269]

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

avatar threads are done all the time.

the one's I'm sick of are:

MW2
Halo
Half-Life
Left 4 Dead
JRPGs Suck
What did you name your dog in Dragon Age?

 

[BillyShakes]

Eh, it's not a big deal.
I declare this thread to now be about cats.

 

[tmujir955]

The reason your search turned up Stolen Pixel comics is because you used the "Search the Escapist" bar in the upper right.

Thats not the search function.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/search

Go here and search.

OT: Not so much on the threads, but i find that if i learn something, or hear about something new, all of a sudden, its everywhere.

Still didn't find anything, but maybe I'm just wording it strange.

 

[tmujir955]

Eh, it's not a big deal.
I declare this thread to now be about cats.

...isn't that Furburt's old avatar?