I got FALSELY accused of copy and pasting when I wrote all the articles myself. I do realize plagiarism is possible but before you accuse you better be damn sure and have the evidence to support it.
I have confirmed six of them. I linked another article to this article. Read it for proof. It is getting more exposure because bernie and surpassinggoogle reblogged it.
Well plagiarism is against the rules. I am only critical because I was accused of something without actually breaking any known rules so now I'm more skeptical. That said if you find a word for word copy of someone else's work being treated as their own original work then it is plagiarism. The only thing he had to do is put his sources and use quotes like myself and others when citing the work of others.
I also agree that in your post if you would have just tried commenting on his posts that he is doing something wrong you would have given him a chance to explain himself and change his behavior. This action of yours could cost him followers and damage his reputation. It will be hard for him to get upvotes now because why would we trust that all of his future work will not be copied without reference?
The tone on Steemit and the way Steemit is deteriorating as a community is a bigger concern to me. If this were an isolated situation I wouldn't care but it seems many as being accused of some kind of corruption. Steem abuse is too freely thrown around lately in my opinion even if in this particular case you've provided evidence.
Nope. He is using fake sources. He is using articlerewritetool a web tool that allows you to rephrase articles and then adding fake sources similar to the original article.
So do you think if innocent bloggers are falsely accused of plaigarism that it is as wrong as what you're exposing?
See for yourself: https://steemit.com/copy-paste/@cmoljoe/making-money-with-copy-paste-articles-from-member-with-72-reputation-should-everybody-do-that-2017918t17464558z
And now go look at my blog and please use every tool you have to find a case of "copy and paste" plagiarism. When I challenged the false accuser (who hid for months blogging about me in an accusatory way), they admitted they couldn't find anything wrong with my posts. It doesn't change the fact that they were convincing people that:
How do these witch hunts add any value to Steem? And what you did in your title is create a conspiracy theory out of it. How does bringing Ned into it and making it seem like people are deliberately doing this somehow in your opinion adding value? How can we know for sure that any post isn't plagiarism? Well they can cite sources. As far as copy and paste, if we start accusing people of that then how can we ever know any written work isn't "copied" unless we read it?
I give you credit. Unlike my accuser you actually read the posts you were accusing, and you actually found a pattern which does indicate plagiarism. In my case there was no evidence or pattern found except that I posted frequently. Here is a tip for people who want to analyze my posts, if you check the blockchain you can see how often I edit my posts and see they aren't "copied in" but actually worked on and then edited in continuous fashion. And any long term readers clearly know my writing style by now, which isn't generic.
If this is really about plagiarism then we are on the same side. But if you're trying to make a big conspiracy and it is something darker then you're damaging the Steem community in my opinion and you should change your title to this article. Take Ned out of it, and focus just on the blogger who did what you showed to be plagiarism.
Yes, totally agree but that is not relevant here. He is confirmed plagiarist who earned a hell lot by using rephrase tools. And the articles he plagiarized are research publications that have strong anti plagiarism protection. Steem will be forced to give an equal amount of steem to the researchers if they went to courts.
And don't believe in the myth of steem being decentralized. It is expected to be decentralized but it is not decentralized now. Steem Inc has 40% of steem. Ned dan and freedom combined have 8+ percent of steem. That's about 48% to them just short of 50% which gives total control.
If something illegal happens here, steem inc can be prosecuted for that. That depends on whether the side side wants to sue steem or not. You really do need to understand this cause no one can sue us because we are decentralized is not true.
You can of course argue that even if steem inc is sue they regulators can't shut down steemit but that's not true. Steemit is the front end for steem and owned by steem inc. It is subject to US federal laws.
And do you think if critics are falsely accused of "spreading hate" by spam promoters and plagiarists as good or bad?
This is quite true, and relevant.
Thanks!
Also, thanks for the !tip. Your integrity clearly matches your passion.