Why do people post quotes on social media

Without saying who it was by? Is that not a form of plagiarism which is also illegal? If you don’t know who quoted it DONT USE IT! 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Crazychick · 36-40, F

OK then, who first said "If you don’t know who quoted it DON'T USE IT!"? Don't tell me you made that up today because I don't believe you. Someone somewhere is bound to have said that decades ago.

Mamapolo2016 · F

Excellent point. Odds are pretty good that whatever is said has been said in the same - or very similar way -many times. Original gets harder and harder to come by. Because somebody put it in print doesn't mean they said it first, so who is the thief?@Crazychick

NoSugarCoating · 26-30, F

But what I’ve said hasn’t been copyrighted so 💁🏽‍♀️ @Mamapolo2016

Mamapolo2016 · F

@NoSugarCoating If your concerns are legal or "who gets the royalties" you have a point.

But a) I don't get royalties for posting here - sometimes I get SW coins.

b) as I said, who copyrighted it has nothing to do with whose original work or thought it was.