Plagiarism is the copying & pasting of others' work without giving credit to the original author or artist. Plagiarized posts are considered fraud and violate the intellectual property rights of the original creator.
Fraud is discouraged by the community and may result in the account being Blacklisted.
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this is my own image
Have you been on their Discord? Unfortunately we have to deal with a lot of plagiarism on Hive and those who hunt it down need proof.
There's also the issue that some people will think a low effort post (a single picture with text sourced from elsewhere) is not worth much in rewards.
I've been down the pass by car and it's quite a drive.
The account is not blacklisted yet. The downvotes were given on various posts as reprimands for the above plagiarism (the curation on other posts was not completely removed).
Is taking stuff from Wikipedia considered that bad? She did acknowledge the source here, but maybe that was done later. The heavy downvotes seem a little severe in my opinion, but is that under your control? In this case we have someone who does have original content, but may not be presenting it in the best way. What may be acceptable on FB is not considered worthy of rewards here. We do not want to scare people away if they have something to contribute, so a delicate approach is needed. I'm trying to guider her to a better path, but as with you my time is limited.
It does not matter where the plagiarised writing comes from. Wikipedia, Encyclopedia, blog, science article, etc. They are all considered equally. Just because the writing was stolen from Wikipedia and not from scientific articles, does not make the plagiarism and intention of plagiarism different.
We always prioritize stolen writing over images/photography. It also depends what is the main highlight of the post.
I will remove the downvotes on these posts.
Thanks.
Wikipedia has a permissive licence and so people are not breaching that by copying text. People can also take images from sites that allow that (sometimes requiring acknowledgement). What we don't want on Hive is users passing off the work of others as their own and I know that happens a lot.
@amy-explores did you follow this? Expectations on Hive can be different to other platforms due to the potential to earn and it is up to the community to deal with issues. Please keep posting, but ensure the emphasis is on your original content with any material from others sources properly acknowledged.
The payout on the post was not declined.
Steve. After being around for so long, why would you think that someone should be rewarded/paid for an effortless copy of someone else's writing? :-)