I finally got fed up. Most websites have stopped the ridiculous practice of tacking on extraneous material every time you quote them, but a few still do it. You copy and paste the headline of an article, and they add, “Read more at _____.” They do this for the very valid reason that… no, there is no good reason for this. If someone is going to plagiarize, they’re not going to hesitate to delete the auto-reference. If someone like me is wanting to quote and give credit, we’re merely hampered by the garbage characters added to what we cut and paste.

So I’ve decided to quit using the offending websites, as much as I can. I love the material on Relevant Magazine, but don’t like the irrelevant junk that comes with it, so I won’t quote them any more. Same with numerous others.

I’m not kidding myself. None of them are sitting around crying because they won’t get links here in the Kitchen. Nor will any of them change just because I don’t like what they’re doing.

Maybe if enough of us get fed up, they’ll stop this practice. If not, well… no links for you!