Plagiarism. Such a fancy word for theft, isn't it?
I didn't know.
I have a kid to raise.
I need the money.
ETC
I was the shit finder for a big account on the previous chain. I actually got paid for checking the curated posts there. It was a nice vote and there was a ton of plagiarism. I've heard all the excuses.
I was really disappointed when the leader of a community I actively supported got caught at 're purposing' old posts and posts from others. She and the whole place are now gone, no more than dust in the desert. Really sad.
Reputation and reputation number are two entirely different things. Once you've trashed your reputation it really doesn't matter your reputation number.
I really like the way this place polices the cheats. A few might get away with it for a while, but it's going to bite them in the ass sooner or later.
And let the record show. I got caught on the second post I ever made here. I'd posted my 'intro' post on the first day then posted a motorcycle post that I had previously posted on another website. I sold posts to the place as single use and retained ownership so I thought it would be a good idea to use parts of the previous post verbatim. Silly me, But I learned what my mistake was and talked to the 'finders' extensively and it had no lasting impact on me.
It is really lame. I have never been officially tasked, but I keep my eyes open and have been "involved" with a lot of the big ones in the past. It has been interesting what happens with some of them and how they react.
They know what they are doing. Denying it doesn't help.
I know what and who you speak of and it was a shame. People seem to flip our under life pressure which is understandable, but not necessarily excusable.
Early on, I had the same happen actually, as I used some of my own writings from my business. It was obviously mine though, but I didn't know I was meant to mention it at the time. I think over the years, I have probably been looked at more than a handful of times by people. What I like is not having to hide myself at any level, if I did, consistency is impossible at the volume I write.
I figured you would know who :)
I have an app that I keep misc junk in. Current stuff is on the top, and I delete the bottom now and again. I still have a note titled "Suspected Assholes Comments Club". I'd copy paste comments from people I had caught red handed. I use the note for other things now, but I left the title because it makes me smile every time I look at it.
I worked for a company that owned a top 1000 Alexa site-a pay per click where people could make up to $1.00 per day clicking on ads. They put me on cheetah patrol for duplicate accounts. My best day I found, proved and cancelled over 1000 accounts. Most of those people weren't just very bright...
lol. I should have a list of "default" comments too :D
Well, if you are willing to do that for a dollar a day... ;D