So what are you supposed to do when the crowd starts rolling in and congratulates you on an outstanding quality post? Well you go big time on the upvotes of course.
Yesterday, when I found this post, I was thinking it deserved a little attention, at $500 but now he's moved into the $1000 sphere, it definitely needs pegging back.
But I'm not claiming @bartcardi has completely upvoted that amount, because a thousand upvotes has to mean something right?
And when your top voter list looks something like this you begin to wonder...
But when your wallet reads like this you can stop wondering
But as usual there's always a twist, and this quality post is just a more refined copy and paste than usual.
Because apparently it's OK to be a plagiarist as long as you add fluff around the edges and cite your source.
Yes, @bartcardi I'm calling you out and no it's not OK to copy someones words. EVER!
It is however OK to read someone's work and derive your own meaning from it, then put it into your own words. And this is the path you should have taken but maybe that would have taken too long.
But don't worry your readers don't have a clue.
Yes, you've really taken them for a wild ride.
Could you be the next @haejin in the making?
Sure you can, but first let me enlighten my readers on some of the words you pass as your own.
Is just a copy paste from the Investopedia Technical Analysis definition
Yes, it's a great start but let's continue
Yep, you guessed it is just a word for word copy of the Investopedia Indicators definition
And this shit continues right through the document.
Again a word for word copy.
Now don't get me wrong, this post isn't 100% plagiarism and @cheetah bot would find it hard to find the copy and pastes but it's certainly not worth the $1000 current value of the post.
And simply stating
You're not kidding.
The problem with copy and paste crime is people begin to believe you're something when your not.
And then you start to believe you can become the next haejin and become a well paid TA on Steemit.
And then start to believe in your own hype and thank the community for giving you a trending post.
Although, some of us just aren't buying it.
Now I post this in the hope that a big whale (@berniesanders) is able to shut this down before it really takes off.
Steemit should only accept 100% original content, because this is going into the blockchain, and will be a permanent record of your crimes.
Yes, breaching copyright is a punishable offence.
Disclaimer: I will continue to upvote these posts in the order of $10-$20 as they are time sensitive and I need better visibility in the community so people can take action before the payment cycle is complete. If you have objections feel free to down vote if you believe this information isn't useful to the Steemit Community.Image source: Pixabay