Introduction
With serious pain in our heart, we are very sad to note that our lovely community for pet lovers is now considered a safe haven for plagiarism. And our recent silence - although unrelated to this issue - seems to suggest that we cared little about original content. We really care so much about making original content and properly attributing copied content to its owners. We are really sad to be associated with this harmful practice and seek to make it clear we do not want to be party with it. We have zero tolerance to it and will never support plagiarism.
Plagiarism is stealing and that is bad enough. The steem blockchain is a proof-of-brain consensus and that promotes the idea of making original content. When one copies the work of others without properly referencing them, it is same as stealing. We can never be party to such actions as they are clear violations of Steemit terms. So by this warning post, we are making it clear that there would be no further room for plagiarists in fur-friends community. We hate plagiarism and that is our stand.
What we have planned to do
We are going to take any necessary actions to clean our community of plagiarized content. The following actions will be necessary in addition to this warning post:
1. We will start to check posts published in this community against plagiarism. We will use various tools at our disposal to check for plagiarized content
2. We will drop a comment below a plagiarized post and tag @steemcurator01 or other big accounts for possible downvotes
3. We will mute posts of plagiarized posts
4. Although everyone is free to make original pet posts, we will appreciate and support authors that make content in line with the type of publications we stipulated here.
5. We will kick out repeat offenders from our community.
What should you do now?
1. Stop Plagiarism immediately:If you have been plagiarizing content in this community, stop it with immediate effect or risk getting serious sanctions - including getting blacklisted.
2. Help us keep on the watch: Everyone can assist with the fight against plagiarism. If you spot plagiarism, alert us immediately by making a comment under our most recent post. There are numerous tools that could be used to check plagiarized content such as Duplichecker
3. Learn about plagiarism: If you are a new user and do not understand what plagiarism is, please study this publication by @cryptokannon.
4. Some posts are no longer allowed in fur-friends: We have seen a recent surge in the number of posts which are too theoretical and easy to plagiarize. Such topics as "10 reasons to own a pet", "6 Species of Dogs", etc have flooded our community. From this moment, we will no longer accept such publications. Fur-friends community is strictly for pet owners, or pet lovers that are willing to share their original experiences living with pets, taking care of pets, or interacting with pets and animals on a personal level. If you made this type of publication in the past, it is no longer allowed in fur-friends community.
5. Take a stand: If you stand with us in this fight against plagiarism, please make a comment below "never to get involved in plagiarism. and a desire to always make original content" We will require new members of our community to do that too.
Conclusion
We sincerely apologize to @steemcurator01 for not properly keeping an eye on content made in our community. We sincerely regret this oversight. We ask for another chance to make things right. We had and still have zero tolerance for plagiarism, but this time around we are supporting our stand with concrete actions as explained above.
If necessary, we will make a post at the end of each week to show how much progress we have made in kicking plagiarism out of our lovely community.
Thank you everyone for helping us win this fight.
@steemcurator01,
@the-gorilla
@steemflower
@gbenga
@ngoenyi
@bright-obias
@whitestallion
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Thank you @fur-friends - as I've stated elsewhere on the platform, you're giving me some confidence that this can be beaten. The irony that somebody I have highlighted for plagiarism has responded to your post is not lost on me and I will continue to monitor regardless.
I have come across numerous posters who have moved beyond anti-plagiarism tools and can fool them but cannot fool the human eye and brain so I'll continue to support you with additional methodology.
Thank you again.
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We understand the power of a community to win a fight. With the level of awareness we are creating and the specific actions we are ready to take, wee can beat it.
Yes, bad eggs will always want to appear innocent by mixing with the crowd. However, their making a comment in this post is even a great thing. Its like a sentence against them in an eventuality of being caught in the act after now. We lost @booming4 support because of this issue, so you can get it clear how much it has cost us. We are really out for a total fight against anyone found plagiarizing in our community.
Yes, a combination of natural intelligence and plagiarism tools can help us fish them out. spinning is another way plagiarists try to outsmart us, but we can always get to them when they least expect us.
We appreciate your great work. Kindly reach out to the admin directly on discord for further collaboration on the above issue: focusnow#1571
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I'm afraid I really don't know how to use discord - if you can send me a direct link that I can click through on then I can do that!
I'm handing over the fight to my alter-ego now - https://steemit.com/@endingplagiarism
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The community is looking so much more healthy since this post. It's so good to see the difference you've made in such a short time.
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It is very annoying to see content that is been plagiarised, This time! I will devote myself in search of plagiarised content around this community. Please let us be informed that plagiarism is highly prohibited around the steemit blockchain. So let us stand against it never indulge in it, because this time I will be on the full lookout for likewise content! Thanks to @fur-friends for mapping this out.
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Thank you so much @bright-obais for pledging to join the fight. The only way to succeed is by putting a united front to tackle the issue so as to clear our name. We appreciate this determination.
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Never to get involved in plagiarism and a desire to always make original content.
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@ruthjoe. We appreciate your support to win this fight. Plagiarism is bad and should never be mentioned among us. We will win together.
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Yes we will win!
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Thank you for this conviction. @ruthjoe.
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On-Behalf of every other person in this community,
I apologize for our misconduct
Am fully in surport of this write up....
...we need to keep serious eye on ground consigning plagiarism....!
I wonder how people copied post that is not theirs.....!
And forget make reference to the content creator?
Now the whole community is suffering for just the sin of the minority.
I pray God help us in this fight🙏
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Sure. Plagiarism is not a great thing to do at all. It is stealing and we wont allow it to soil our good work. Thanks for supporting this initiative @pricelesspresh.
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@fur-friends (58) you are most welcome.....!
I pray God helps together we fight and put and end to plagiarism 👌
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@fur-friends, this step is nice and I think it is helpful. Though I don't know why people still pliagarize even after reading and knowing the rules and regulations of steemit. If you will keep to your words in keeping watch of the community over all contents, the case of plagiarism will be regulated I think.
Apologies to @steemcurator01, for the mess already. And I believe if given this second chance, the community will be at her best.
Best regards
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Thank you Lagos City Coordinator for supporting this fight. Be sure to educate our members from Lagos never to get involved in plagiarism. We can undo the damage already down. @talktofaith
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Plagiarism is bad. It not only steals someone's original work,but dulls the mind of a writer because he/she won't be able to express your inner creative due to plagiarism. It should stop!!!.
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Yes, we can help stop it in many ways as listed above. Thank you for supporting this fight. @ngozi996.
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Plagiarism is a pierce on the emotions of the original owner of a content. It should not be allowed anywhere here anymore.
Sincere apologies to the steemit team.
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@davosimple. Its terrible, especially from the angle of the original owner. Thanks for supporting our fight to stop this bad egg.
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I too stand against plagiarism. I support @fur-friends community in this fight. I am a regular publisher in fur-friends. Most times I also source materials and reference them but if in anyway I have made such mistake, it will not repeat itself. I have my pets and I promise to make publications based on my experience with them and to properly reference my work if need be that I make posts that I had to source materials.
Plagiarism is stealing, therefore, I stand against it. Thank you @fur-friends community and the steemit team for alerting us to this urgly trait. I stand for honesty and I will use the various tools available to dictate any plagiarized posts in this community.
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Together we can stop plagiarism in the community and Steemit as a whole. We stand against it. Thanks for supporting this fight. @ngoenyi
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As a content creator it is self defeating to partake in plagiarism.
Because one of the core fundamentals of a content creator is originality.
I would never be involved with plagiarism, because my desire is to make original contents always.
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@theopportunist. Than you for understanding the importance of making original content. Lets stop plagiarism.
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I stand against plagiarism and am happy that the issue has been brought up here in case one is thinking of doing such. I be amibor and I will gossip against anybody that do plagiarism. I won't support stealing. Thanks to fur-friend via @focusnow. Plagiarists remember duplichecker, many like me will be checking not punish anybody but to maintain the dignity of the community.
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@aizeeck. Thanks for volunteering to join this fight. We are definitely going to win it together
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Plagiarism is a crime that needs serious attention and cautioning because it denounces the authenticity and originality of one's content.
On this grounds,,I solidly support this fight by promising never to partake in such act,,thereby upholding the dignity of this great community..
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@presh-omah. We will win the fight as a community and friends. Thank you for standing up against plagiarism.
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Plagiarism is stealing as rightly stated above. It is better not to post than to still a work written by another person.
Let's do the right thing and enjoy the benefits in steemit.
It will be so painful that your account stops getting votes because of this. Don't loose your reputation because of plagiarism. Don't be a party to plagiarism.
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@tmighty. We are happy you joined this fight. We can stop it with proper community effort like this. Thank you so much.
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plagiarism is a sin against content development and humanity, it discourages content developers and makes room for people to reap where they did not sew. On this note i wish to add that steemit block chain encourages content developers and as such will find it as a betrayal to reward plagiarized content. Am with you @focusnow on this fight against plagiarism
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@paraclator26. We will definitely put down all plagiarists in our community. Thank you so much for supporting this initiative.
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Thank you @fur-friends for this conscious effort to weed out this menace in the community. Every pet lover should join hands together to make this drive a successful one. SAY NO TO PLAGIARISM
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@xkool24. We cannot over-emphasize the importance of original works. We look forward to more authentic content from you in our pet community.
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Thank you very much
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Plagiarism is stealing someone else's work. It is a criminal offence. Be original! Be creative! Credit the authors in your article! I am @chinma and I say stop plagiarism NOW!
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You made a solid point and stand together with us in this fight against stealing. Thank you so much. @chinma
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Thanks @fur-friends, it is very disheartening to notice such in this community, big kudos to @focusnow for taking this giant step to rescue the community, it is very important to understand the rules and regulations binding this community and @steemit at large, I join in saying no to plagiarism.
Everytime I make a post, I won't involve in plagiarism.
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@holayemine. We appreciate your determination to always make great content. We will weed out this bad egg from fur-friends.
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what a fight!, I really appreciate the measure @fur-friend has gone to kick off against plagiarism.
In all ramifications at any intellectual weigh-in analysis, plagiarism is a crime that comes with ridiculous penalty.
Why then should we involve ourselves after meticulously evaluating the ethics and etiquettes of this platform.
I there by stand against plagiarism as a member of this community, I'll never indulge myself or condone plagiarism in any way. I thank and plead @steemcurator01 in our behalf for picking this out and bringing it to our notice and it will never happen again, we plead🙏🙏🙏
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@chizikky187. Thank you for supporting this huge fight against plagiarism. We will win the fight together.
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I will not support plagiarism rather to keep quiet when I see it.
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Yes, you can do more than keep quiet. Always alert the admin whenever you come across a plagiarized post. Together we can win it. @val123
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Okay
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@fur-friends this is a nice move we must all put our hands on deck to bring a halt to plagiarism
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Sure. Always make original content and try to attribute any copied content in your work. @nikoyana
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My two hands are on deck in this issue,so I stand against plagiarism for the betterment of our community
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Thank you so much for supporting this fight. We shall win together @maxpreacher.
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Thank you so much for supporting the fight against plagiarism which a very serious offense in this #fur-friends community. Seriously I know that a day will come like this one day where everyone will stood up and fight against the issue of plagiarism.
Thank you for bringing this to the notices of everyone's.
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@josepha. Thank you so much for joining the fight against plagiarism. We will continue to make sure only original content is found in our community.
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I stand against plagiarism,and this is one thing I tell people before recruiting them, because I Know the gravity of that offense. So I will advise we all avoid any form of plagiarism.
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@ceendy20. Thank you for making sure your recruits know how to create original content. We can stamp out plagiarism. together
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Plagiarism is an offense in law and crime against someone else's intellectual property. I stand against plagiarism
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Thank you for understanding the gravity of plagiarsm. We can win it together. @justice2550
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If you cannot create original content then simply stick to curation. Everybody cannot and must not be an author. Nice write up. Happy Easter to you all dear Steemian friends.
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@onos-steve. Its important that everyone recognizes their limitations. Beyond creating original content, steemit has other big opportunities for everyone. Lets kick plagiarism out of fur-friends
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I'm 100% in support of this move to stampout plagiarism from the entire Steem Community. In as much as the original contents are the utmost priority of Steem, there's nothing wrong in making reference to were the materials used were lifted.
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Making proper attribution is as important as content creation itself. Thank you for supporting the fight to kick plagiarism out of Steemit. @ericanthony
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I stand with @fur-friends against plagiarism. We should build a community we can be proud off.
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@gbenga. True. We can only succeed by making original content. Thank you so much for supporting this fight.
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No!!!! Say No to plagiarism
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@uchescrib. Lets always kick this bad egg out of fur-friends. Plagiarism has no place here
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And together lets win this fight against plagiarism !!!!! Keep posting useful contents☺
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@solar-star. Thank you for supporting the fight. Together we shall win it.
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I think those behind this plagiarism are mostly students, who are addicted to examination malpractice, they cheat for good grades why won't they cheat to make money . Thank you very much steemcurator1 for alerting us more on the dangers of plagiarism in our community.
I totally stand against plagiarism
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@browissy. Whether students or any other persons, plagiarism is bad enough. Lets keep it out together.
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Definitely I stand against plagiarism in Fur-friends every other communities.
Plagiarism is anti-steemit and as such should be fought and defeated with every possible tool.
#SayNoToPlagiarism
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Thank you for supporting the fight. With this level of support and awareness, we are sure to win. @samuel20
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Stealing people's contents and making them look like yours is wrong..it only means you don't appreciate the person's effort..some of these people have put a lot into that piece that a lazy person just copy and paste with ease...I choose to support original content.
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@lhorgic. plagiarism is stealing and should be frowned upon at all times. We can kick it out with this type of community effort. Thank you so much.
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Naturally, I hate stealing with passion, it's against God's will and attracts stiff penalty. Plagiarism is against humanity, those in the act must repent or face penalty of being muted or even thrown outside steemit. I support fur-friends and her stand against this ugly act. Together we will fight this battle and root out those evil perpetrators. Long live our Steemit, Long live Steemit reputation,
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I hereby pen down my stand against plagiarism, friends plagiarism is an obsolete philosophy that should be disdained with passion please let's desist from it, thanks.
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I Also stand against pagiarism because it bad yes but many of us has been post pagiarised free post but it wouldn't touch or voted, please let all not be punished for some people sin please, voting us give us more inspiration to do more but if not it weakens us please @sparku22
Best Regards
@focusnow
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Plagiarism is wrong, bad...using someone written words for your useful needs...plagiarist participating in fur friends should come to their normal reasoning and do well to change and if you don't ..the penalty will be yours either you are satisfied with it or not....we don't condone plagiarism in any of steemit community...thanks for stationing this out once again @fur friends
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As someone that joined steemit newly, I have come to realize how plagiarisim is so detested in this community.
I will try to avoid it the best way I can and ensure that I reference accordingly if I made use of any material.
Then I I stumble on any article that is not original, I will Immediately alert the admin.
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It's so sad that people feel the need to copy other people's work! I will certainly do my part to keep an eye out for plagiarized posts.
Resteemed for additional visibility.
=^..^=
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Thank you for supporting us in this fight. Your posts are always detailed and original. Keep up the great work. @curatorcat
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Plagiarism is an evil act, authors needs to pay serious attention to it, anyone caught should be punished.
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plagiarism is as offensive as stealing, no one wants to be addressed as a thief, and if that is the case the person have to avoid any act of stealing otherwise will be treated as one, so as the rule governing steemit blockchain I strongly stand against plagiarism and support that any one caught in the act should be duly prosecuted.
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