Dude, I agree with you in principle about the plagiarism because fuck plagiarism...
But I do not agree with how you are going about it. Gotta keep a cool head, man.
The language and insults is only going to kill the potential for rallying the community. I do agree the user should pay for the attempted slight against the community.
Not just a mere forfeiture of those rewards. That's not enough.
Imo would be nice if the community can work together to enforce a standard that, when you are caught plagiarizing, you must then forfeit 2x the rewards to @null or be downvoted until the same amount is removed.
Personally, I think that is reasonable and will put the fear in the backbone of aspiring abusers. One of the biggest issue is the low risk to abuse and a community that is mostly lackadaisical in punishing it.
I went about calling someone out which turned into a drama I never intended it to. Anyway, I agree with you completely. I think blatant plagiarism by established members should result in multiple penalties, inability to vote or write for 6 months, permanent inability to flag, and a reduction in reputation by 50%.. Accidents happen, I understand that. Also, some people share content without intending to play it off as their own. This was a case of pure, intentional plagiarism and that pissed me off.
I was attacked for voicing my opinion about it, so I wrote this post to vent and speak my mind.
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I literally ONLY wrote this post because the people I called out made a thread about me.. To clarify.
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