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Profile Plagiarism?

Relative to my specific location, I am a fairly successful Rover sitter compared to other sitters in my area. My friend was the first Rover sitter in my area and I signed up to be a sitter not long after her. Needless to say, she and I have two of the larger client bases amongst sitters in our area.

I have not used Rover from the client side. However, I went to go see if anyone was available for a last minute walk for my pups and noticed a new sitter had signed up. While reading through his profile, I noted that he copied some lines from both mine and my friend's profiles. Clearly, not all the information on his profile is exactly the same because he adds personal information specific to him. However, some of the lines are clearly just copied and pasted from our profiles. Also, even if the information is different, his profile follows the same.... for lack of a better word, "formula" or "structure" as ours.

Is this something that should be addressed? Either directly to the person in question or to Rover? I don't know exactly what can be done about it. It's not necessarily hurting anyone or anything. But it irks me to know someone was too lazy to type their own profile, you know?

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Hi Kirby:

As the saying goes, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery". I think this new sitter is just trying to be as successful as you are. That being said, unless this new sitter is claiming experience or credentials that you have (and you know they don't), I don't think you can really do anything about it. But putting myself in your shoes, I'd give Rover support a call and find out if any rules have been violated or if anything can be done. [Edit: Rover’s contact options have changed. Visit the Rover Help Center at https://support.rover.com/ to find the phone number, help articles, or chat with the team].

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Well, if it makes you feel any better most people don't even read the profiles lol

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so true!.....