Good morning friends,
How can we screen articles for potential fruad?
Fraud have become part of the world's greatest menace both physically and online, it still beats my imagination why one should engage in fraud when he or she can easily achieve the same fits putting in the same effort, could we call that laziness or what. Its not laziness i guess cause they tend to put in much effort to defraud or commit plagiarism.
Actions should have consequences depending on its grievous nature. Haba what is there in referencing your source?.
We should be past this originality issues by now and focus on matters that will grow this community. People should abide by a set of rules guiding the community for without rules, the community will not exist. Lots of social media have their rules and if one breaks it, they face the repercussion thereof.
I come in peace.
Back to the question, i think there are lots of tool online that can be used to check originality of contents here. Most of these tools have been shared by my friend @vikbuddy
But the major challenge here is wasting our precious time to check plagiarism when we could use it to create better content. That bring me to the question #impact of a ban or warning from proofofbrain for plagiarism ooffenders. Is it good or bad, what impact will absolute ban be in proofofbrain as consequences for plagiarism or fraud.
Looking at your post here sincerely makes me feel like their is alot to do and I just wish and hope you can check my comments under @vikbuddy comment too,but let me let you know this,,one of the things you will get to know when you join the community is a guide on how things look like and I want to believe that you did an introduction post mate.
Lot of content as been done as regards plagiarism and it is never a waste of time to check such as assumed by you if am not getting you wrong right now.this is not the very first time this discussion is coming up on this platform at all,but it is just a way to help those who as been vitcim to get out of it and to even help those who don't know anything about it not to fall vitcim at all.
But I will still agree with you that redoing a content on this is not a crime at all,but I just want you to know that it is never a waste of time and let me also let you know that once a users fall vitcim of this and such user is reported, they get fellow by @hivewatchers ,you can ask @vikbuddy about it and I was once a vitcim too.
Users who don't desist from such act get downvoted and it will reduce their reputations and even most get blacklisted forever and even get mute from the community,which will stop others users from seeing their post and comments again.(This and many more are the effect of ban that happens to a user when they are find wanting)
Yes you are right its never a waste of time but the angle through which my thoughts was born is different. What i meant was, checking peoples content for plagiarism shouldn't occur if we as a community respect the rules, its a waste of time to me after reading your content, i did copy it and then go to Google to test it for plagiarism, to me it show lack of trust and why so? Its because some people's mind is madeup to plagiarize others content.
If we as a community have risen to the extent that everyone here post original or referenced content what then is the need going to check if the rules was violated.
The time spent on checking a content for plagiarism would be used to go through other intellectuals, for if their is thief in a vicinity, why should i lock my door when going out since my properties are free from thefts. Just a suggestion sir.
I come in peace.