My blog is being stolen.
No, it hasn’t been hacked.
But someone has been reblogging every single one of my posts for *two months*.
There have been 30 reblogs. Yes, 30—thirty—you read that right.
He literally reblogs *everything* I write.
The thief: thereluctantpoet
The blog with all of my stolen content: https://thereluctantpoetweb.wordpress.com/
His email address: chucklindholm@hotmail.com
As you know, many of my posts are *very* personal. But even the ones that aren’t—what the fuck? This is MY site with MY words.
I get that reblogging is allowed which I HATE, by the way. Just fucking link to the occasional post or to my blog in general. Don’t take it. This is a total dick move, and I’m furious and very very upset.
He has basically copied my blog entirely for two months.
This is spam reblogging. I mean, look at them all.
https://thereluctantpoetweb.wordpress.com/?s=bloganuary
I have tried contacting this blogger directly several times to ask that he stop reblogging all of my posts, but he never replies. I have blocked him, but apparently that doesn’t stop his reblogging because it continues.
I have contacted WP help three times with no response whatsoever. (Not even an automated response that my request/email was received. Nothing.) I’ve posted in the Support Forum… nothing yet.
I am getting nowhere, and I want the constant reblogging to stop.
This user shouldn’t even be allowed on WordPress since he is taking literally ALL of my content.
I refuse to make my blog private because of this thieving loser. Then he wins. Fuck that.
Maybe if *everyone* here tells him to stop stealing my posts, he will stop. But I don’t want to give his site my traffic either. Maybe if everyone emails him? I don’t want to ask you to do that either.
I am so frustrated. I have literally cried over this. I have enough to deal with in my life, and now I have to deal with this, too. I’ve been patient, hoping he would stop after I reached out several times. But no.
Let’s see if he reblogs *this* post.
[No, I am not even including my guys in this post. I am *that* upset.]
-s
p.s. – below is only page 1 of reblogs… I have even more.
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2 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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20 january – photo. #bloganuary
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3 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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19 january – mystery. #bloganuary
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5 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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17 january – fucking super. #bloganuary
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6 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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15 january – life lesson. #bloganuary
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6 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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16 january – lost cause. #bloganuary
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8 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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14 january – challenged. #bloganuary
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9 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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13 january – best day ever. #bloganuary
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10 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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11 january – live boldly. #bloganuary
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10 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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12 january – emoji. #bloganuary
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12 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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10 january – grateful. #bloganuary
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13 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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08 january – my writing. #bloganuary
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13 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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09 january – assumption. #bloganuary
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16 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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06 january – my inspiration. #bloganuary
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17 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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05 january – I wish I could. #bloganuary
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20 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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02 january – road trip. #bloganuary
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23 days ago·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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january is almost here.
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Dec 23, 2021·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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strength in crying.
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Dec 6, 2021·TheReluctantPoetweb.wordpress.com
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wardrobe change.
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I need you.
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what sandra thinks 
It seems like he ONLY rebloga, there is no original content that I could see at all! Ugh I’m sorry you have been hit by such a jerk!
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Yeah, he sucks. I’m so disgusted. People suck.
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Ugh to him! Hopefully he will stop
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I am hoping WP does something about this. I can’t believe they have yet to reply to me. What the hell?? Maybe calling him out here will make a difference? I don’t know. I debated posting this for a while, but it’s out of control. Every. Flipping. Post.
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I tried to even find one of your posts but had to hit “load more posts” 5 times and was still on jan 23rd posts! Like he is reblogging dozens of posts each day! Ugh
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https://thereluctantpoetweb.wordpress.com/?s=bloganuary
They are all there. There are some from before January, too. Like, since some time in November.
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Oh wow!
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I know, right?
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What purpose does he have? this is really crazy. I’m sorry it happened to you.
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I don’t understand why either.
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I don’t mean to poke my head in this one, but I think he reposts things he likes to read. He does it with most of mine too. And has done so for years. At least with mine, he’s not stealing. He keeps the original credits and it links back to the originals. However, you did reach out to him and try to make him stop, to which you’ve received no response. That’s not okay. I’m hoping that he does realize that sharing your posts isn’t something you want.
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I wouldn’t mind if it was occasionally. But this is daily, every single post. It’s like there’s a copy of my blog on his blog. I tried to take it as a compliment, but it’s too much. Every day? It seems like it’s an automatic thing. I’m not even sure he reads my posts. Sometimes the notifications come all at once, two or three of them.
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From what I understand, he reads posts on individual blogs and then the logs the ones he likes, which is why it appears to show them all at once. He does the same with mine. That said, I believe he is attempting to contact you to solve the issue.
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I haven’t heard anything, but okay. When I went to his blog, first of all, it’s all reblogs. I don’t understand the point of that. But when I searched, I saw all of my posts from the last two months. Maybe I should be flattered that he’d want to reblog them, but I feel like I’m being used, in a way.
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Check whatever email you have linked to your contact page. I think that’s what he’s using.
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Yeah, that’s the one I’m checking. I don’t see anything.
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Hm interesting. Would you like me to try it?
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You can if you like.
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Done.
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It’s weird this… all he does is reblog. Has he stopped?
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I’m hoping this post scared him off…
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Has it so far?
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Yeah
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Good
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Sanda, I kid you not I was thinking of this the other day.. because every time I comment, I see his reblogged on reluctant poet.
At first I thought it was no biggie, but I saw it every time and was going to actual talk about it to you…
It’s so strange. AND SO annoying that it’s happening to you.
Also I did some digging and found a way you can remove the reblog option
https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/reblog-disable/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20if%20you%20decide%20you,appear%20on%20your%20blog%20posts.
Please do report him, but for now you can remove the reblog option
Let me know if it works!
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Thank you!! I was searching to find out if there was a way to turn the option off but I couldn’t find it (or I am blind). Thank you! It would be okay if someone wanted to occasionally reblog, I guess, but this daily crap was really upsetting. I’d rather just turn it off. People can always link to a post…. and sharing on Twitter, etc. is okay with me.
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Yeah.. exactly!
You’re very welcome.. hope it helps!!!
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By the way, it’s really bad that I personally asked him to stop at least two weeks ago, but nothing. 😐
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Oh noo.. some people are so UGH!
(Could you remove the re-blog option?)
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I did remove the reblog option, thanks to you. 🙂
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You’re always welcome! ❤
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Oh didnt know that could happen on a Worspress site. Thought they guaranteed your content. How did you find out?
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I get notified whenever sometimes reblogs over of my posts. I started getting notifications every single day from the same person. Because those person was not claiming my work as his own, WordPress doesn’t do anything. But to have every single post of mine reblogged on another blog didn’t shut well with me
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Oh wow. Your blood sweat and tears. I wonder why they did it?
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I am not sure why. I guess it could be flattering that someone found my writing good enough to want to reblog it, but every single post is too much. At that point, someone is just stealing my content.
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I’m very sorry for what is happening. I am new with the whole blogging thing, but you said you don’t like the reblog feature.
As I saw on the Internet, you can disable the possibility for people to reblog your content.
https://wordpress.com/support/reblogs/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20if%20you%20decide%20you,appear%20on%20your%20blog%20posts.
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Thank you! I did find that and have disabled it. I wanted to disable it a long time ago but I couldn’t find where to do that until recently. Thanks, though. 🙂
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Ah!! I felt so bad after hearing that 😢
This is so wrong, he should understand!
I am new here but I support you 👍
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Thank you so much for your support. I would have been okay with a few reblogs here and there, but it was literally every single post!
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This is unsettling to say the least. I will come back and look at more of Your Posts!
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Thank you for reading. I appreciate it!
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