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The Atlas Obscura blog on Slate is by an employee (the head writer) of Atlas Obscura, so it isn't lifted. Either link is fine IMNSHO.

You're right, that's not as bad. But it's still better, IMO, to link to the original site.

Personally, I liked more the Slate version from an editorial point of view. Since there was no lifting involved and the Slate version is stuffed with links to the original version, I made a choice. Ironically the Atlas Obscura Facebook page links[0] to the Slate version.

[0] https://www.facebook.com/atlasobscura/posts/1015244661763772...

I am not sure how these hosted blog deals work, but could it be that the author gets paid for clicks on the slate article but not on his own website? Would make sense for him to post a link to slate on his facebook page then. If so, changing the link probably took a good chunk out of his revenue on that article.

We'd certainly like to help authors of good material, but the thought of keeping track of all this is overwhelming.

The Slate article has at least one photo not present on Atlas Obscura (at least, I couldn't find it).