Just When You Think You’ve Seen It All...

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Recently, someone decided not only to lift an image directly from my Farrah Fawcett Facebook page and rework my original written post into a lightly rearranged version of itself, but also to borrow a very specific personal announcement from that post. In my original content, I mentioned that I am closing down my Charlie’s Angels and Cheryl Ladd Facebook pages. It was a straightforward update for my followers — something relevant because I actually ran those pages and have invested real time and effort into them.

In the reposted version, this individual thoughtfully included the same announcement. The only small complication is that they do not, in fact, run a Charlie’s Angels or Cheryl Ladd Facebook page, which makes their “decision” to close them down quite an impressive managerial feat. It takes real vision to shut down something that never existed.

What fascinates me most is the level of commitment to the copy. It wasn’t just the image. It wasn’t just a reworded caption. It was the full narrative structure, including personal administrative updates that only make sense if you are, well, me. That’s not inspiration. That’s Ctrl+C with ambition.

There’s a certain irony in copying a post that discusses the consolidation and closing of fan pages — an act rooted in transparency and authenticity — while simultaneously demonstrating neither. It’s almost anthropological in nature. If you’re going to mirror someone’s content, perhaps pause briefly to edit out the parts that expose the fact that you are mirroring someone’s content.

Running fan pages dedicated to Farrah Fawcett, Charlie’s Angels, and Cheryl Ladd isn’t a casual hobby that materializes out of thin air. It involves research, writing, curation, and consistent engagement. Announcing the closure of those pages carries context and history for the audience that has followed them. Repeating that announcement without the pages themselves is less an update and more a piece of accidental satire.

I suppose I should be flattered that even my administrative housekeeping is considered premium content worth replicating. Still, it would be refreshing if the creativity extended beyond rearranging sentences and borrowing fictional responsibilities.
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Originality remains available to everyone. It simply requires doing the work.