09-20-2021, 02:38 AM
Content Theft: Some people are copy&pasting whole articles from news pages or blogs
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have noticed that several times before. I won't call out any users or posts but so many posts I have seen were just 1:1 copies of articles that appeared on other news pages. Most of the time there is no credit given.</p> <p>Sometimes you can find the authors name somewhere at the end. But given the circumstance that probably 60% of all only read the titles and the first words, nearly noone notices that.</p> <p>For the ones that don't know: All posts that are just a link to an external webpage are automatically flaired "media". Media posts (and comedy) only get 10% karma for moons. By converting the article into a text, it no longer counts as a media post and you can avoid the karma penalty.</p> <p>If someone cites (or completely copies) a news article written by another author, it should be made very clear right at the beginning. Either as a note in the beginning of the text, or by simply linking the original news article!</p> <p>Otherwise, this seems like a fishy way to avoid karma rules and farm more moons! Please don't do that! Give credit when you use other people's thoughts and words.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Sebanimation"> /u/Sebanimation </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/pr582d/content_theft_some_people_are_copypasting_whole/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/pr582d/content_theft_some_people_are_copypasting_whole/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have noticed that several times before. I won't call out any users or posts but so many posts I have seen were just 1:1 copies of articles that appeared on other news pages. Most of the time there is no credit given.</p> <p>Sometimes you can find the authors name somewhere at the end. But given the circumstance that probably 60% of all only read the titles and the first words, nearly noone notices that.</p> <p>For the ones that don't know: All posts that are just a link to an external webpage are automatically flaired "media". Media posts (and comedy) only get 10% karma for moons. By converting the article into a text, it no longer counts as a media post and you can avoid the karma penalty.</p> <p>If someone cites (or completely copies) a news article written by another author, it should be made very clear right at the beginning. Either as a note in the beginning of the text, or by simply linking the original news article!</p> <p>Otherwise, this seems like a fishy way to avoid karma rules and farm more moons! Please don't do that! Give credit when you use other people's thoughts and words.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Sebanimation"> /u/Sebanimation </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/pr582d/content_theft_some_people_are_copypasting_whole/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/pr582d/content_theft_some_people_are_copypasting_whole/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R