I need help. What is this Twitter notification?

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   mdscogginsposted 10 years ago

   I get Twitter notifications that reference an online newspaper and that I have a featured story.  I am not sure how this happened.  I have never been notified by this company and certainly not paid by them.  Also, when I click on the link I cannot find anything I have written?  I am truly confused and would like to know if anyone else has encountered this issue and who possibly can explain if this is common business practice and/or safe.

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      Rhonda Lytleposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      It sounds like a curated paper such as Paper Li.  Said papers are kind of cool.  It's a platform that allows anyone to make a paper and feature anything they wish.  One of the options for selection of articles posted is to have the program pull from your Twitter feed.  So, for example, if I followed you on Twitter, my Paper Li newspaper might pick up a story from you that you tweeted or better still from someone else that tweeted your story. 
      Basically, it gives you some link juice, exposure and possibly more readers.  To the best of my knowledge, it is not dangerous in any way.  However, I do have limited experience with the platform.  I will say I have been blessed by seeing a nice boost to traffic on articles picked up by others on the day of publication.

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      ChristinSposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      is it paper.li ? There are some who post a newsletter using this service and all it does is post a blurb and link back to your hub, it's not dangerous and if anything may bring you a little traffic.  Since you didn't state what paper it was; I'm not positive that's what it is, but it is probably nothing to worry about.
      
      If someone published your entire article without permission - that's a different story and you absolutely can do something about that.  I would search for your article title and that sites name perhaps? somehow you should be able to track it down if you are concerned about it.  I'm guessing since you were tweeted - they didn't steal your content, but featured/linked to it.

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   mdscogginsposted 10 years ago

   Thank you ChristinS that is exactly what it is - paper.li.

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   swilliamsposted 10 years ago

   I tweeted out one of your articles. Twitter notifies writers when their articles are tweeted out or re-tweeted
   Women’s Equality As Seen By African American Women http://mdscoggins.hubpages.com/hub/Afri … ens-Rights …

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      mdscogginsposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you for tweeting my article swilliams I do have a twitter account and it seems like it is a link like ChristinS suggested.

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   swilliamsposted 10 years ago

   If you sign up for twitter account you can probably view the tweets in more detail.

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      swilliamsposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Oh! This is good to Know! Have a great Weekend!

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