Here's a quick, step-by-step guide on how YOU can start making money TODAY with almost no effort and a reckless disregard for the integrity of the platform and the efforts of all those pesky, hard-working authors out there.
This guide was inspired by @okean123 who, as you can see, seems to have perfected the method:
Step 1:
Locate random, shitty spam advert, article or slideshow (these can be found at the bottom of many of your favourite web pages)
Step 2:
Be sure to use a painfully click-baity title when creating your post, but try to avoid using the original article title word for word.
Step 3:
Regurgitate the lousy, meaningless spam articles and adverts. Consider adding a few original lines of text, that way you add to the illusion that the content is your own. Briefly describe the subject matter and say how it made you feel.
(Remember to keep the posts image-heavy, as the established plagiarism bots cannot detect this as easily.)
Step 4:
Make sure you tag your bullshit, unoriginal rip-off post with #photography, #art and the other popular tags which tend to foster high-quality content for good measure, so as to attract the attention of the right whale bots.
Step 5:
Congratulations! You've just completely ripped off someone else's spammy content that no-one had any real interest in reading in the first place and masqueraded it as a genuine attempt at blogging.
Now you simply sit back and watch the fruits of your labour as those delicious Steem dollars roll in.
Bask in the euphoria of getting paid for being a scumbag by oblivious whale bots and mindless minnows desperate for a slice of the curation-reward-pie from a potential trending post. Simple as that!
Oh, and one more thing. Make sure you include an image source. This adds a sneaky extra layer of credibility as you are pseudo-admitting that the content is not your own. But, that's ok. Because when you include a source for original work, plagiarism is A-OK.
Thanks for reading!
If you found this article helpful or insightful please don't forget to upvote and follow for more tips on how to be an utter douchebag.
Disclaimer: This is a satirical post simply to 'out' or 'name and shame' @okean123 for plagiarising meaningless spam and getting paid a sizeable reward on 2 occasions.
The rest is up to you, relevant whales...
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Lol , there is many many plagiats here on steemit . Just copy/paste and roll the dice . I'm annoyed mostly with news section , just copy some news and there you have it . Man i can read and i know where to find news from world if i need .
Great post
Yes indeed, @iggy. I just caught this guy doing it red handed and getting paid for the privilege. Had to vent and this seemed like an appropriate way to go about it :)
Thanks man.
We all need to point out that kind of people . I'm a member on one forum where we have over 100K users .And we all know our business really good . From time to time you get smartass who is registrated new user and who starts with his loud mouth bragging copy/paste shit . He's on forum 3 days tops . Ban , block and share mac/ip on all other forums . He is done for good .
That's all well and good but there will always be someone else who comes along.
I don't really have the time time or the inclination to fight these people.
I'm just becoming disinterested in the platform with all the inequity, unfairness and bullshit.
Don't think I'll be sticking around for long tbh.
Well as someone fighting the good fight when it comes to spam, its really frustrating when you can tell an article is obviously plagiarized but its translated which makes its really difficult to find the source. In the case of @okean123 they are listing the source in their article for most of them it seems.
Bad content theif lol @okean123
If I thought you were giving steemians ideas they don't already have, I'd FLAG you for adding to my workload.
Seriously, great post.
Haha, great post, and sadly, so true. I also put together a little parody piece about all of this carry on, earlier this week. Whilst I don't normally leave links in other people's comments section, you really should check this out. It could improve your plagiarism, scamming and gaming of the system tenfold, fml! https://steemit.com/funny/@yogi.artist/destiny-creative-reflections-of-first-impressions
Flagging you for spamming link in comments...
Just kidding ;)
That's a funny post. I may be driven to applying these methods if the payouts for my original stuff stay as they are.
Flag away. Anything for some kind of interaction, hehe!
I'm even happier to know that not only did my "guide" bring you joy, but that it may also serve as a catalyst to your acquisition of new found steemit riches ")
Maybe our latest blogs will be used as promo material for the next round of users lol
I am so with you. We have the same idea here except I see all the crappy posts that are upvoted. You must apparently just be seen by the right people. 💛
Wow. And here I am getting pennies for my own photos. Where are my whale votes? (Full disclosure: I received a whale vote on my last photo post.)
But yeah - this crap gets old, especially given all of the original content that goes unseen. This guy should be flagged down to zero reputation.
lol nice post man. its great
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