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Muna Mohamed

I definitely agree with you there! Citing sources is not difficult but it can become problematic when you see posts clearly misusing your work by not citing, providing back-links or just taking ownership for work that you created.

I use the same method to check if my work has been plagiarized but it's not something I do often though. I can see why you would have to - you have a more extensive body of work than I do so I can only imagine how it is for you. It sucks to have to deal with it but in my case, I couldn't let it go. You definitely should look into doing something about it! Sometimes it takes a few stern words to get the point across that not citing your sources isn't right and other times it takes hunting down their hosting providers lol 😆

I was half-expecting for it not to work but, I'm glad it did! Thank you Ali, your kind words are much appreciated!