Identifying plagiarism is HARD work, especially when you are using a mobile phone and the bots are using sophisticated algorithms to prevent auto-detection.
If there is a particular whale that is consistently abusing his power, then lets identify him and show the pattern.
I think this is constantly being pointed out in the steemitabuse-classic chat. It was just discussed today, in fact. But when one person or a few people have so much influence, it takes a lot to check it - sometimes not enough if the right people aren't even aware. But what can be done about repeated instances if the high-influence upvoters just don't care enough to correct the issues? That's a huge problem. And it's not just one whale or "orca," either.
There are some distinct patterns developing.
Agreed, its disappointing to see whales that hand out $200 upvotes to clearly plagiarized articles on a consistent basis. It just encourages more people to copy/spin/steal content when it is being rewarded on a daily basis.
Exactly. I was hoping that Dan would have taken my comment a little more seriously. This isn't some trivial matter. It affects the credibility of the entire platform. It blows my mind that they seem to have no desire to actually address it.