Plagiarism on mylot

@ms1864 (6886)

Bangalore, India

September 20, 2016 12:21am CST

Hey, guys! I just came across a post here on mylot that has been plagiarized. I don't think the person who wrote the original post has noticed it yet. It is one of those one liner question posts....can't see why someone can't even attempt to write one line by themselves...

Anyways, I wanted to know...how do i let the admin know that the post is plagiarized? I know i can Report it....but there is no option to say WHY i am reporting it. Any suggestions? Update: The copied post was deleted.

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@topffer (42156)

• France

20 Sep 16

Plagiarizing a one line post

? It has already some chances to be deleted if it is so short. Some people have really nothing to tell

. Report it and the admin will find by himself that it is plagiarized : we have a smart admin

.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

20 Sep 16

Thankx. I'll do that.

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@akalinus (40601)

• United States

20 Sep 16

Is it really plagiarism. One-liners can't be too original. If i say welcome to myLot to a newbie, is that plagiarism? I have said it hundreds of times and read others posting it hundreds of times.

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@akalinus (40601)

• United States

20 Sep 16

@ms1864 That, i understand. It has happened to me on ChatAbout. Someone would take my comment and copy and paste it all over the site, scores of times.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

20 Sep 16

No it was a question posted by a mylotter...and ANOTHER mylotter posted the exact same question with the same words and same title.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

20 Sep 16

I find it a little strange when people do something like this...like what goes on in their minds? What is Chat About? is it like mylot?

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@Bluedoll (16774)

• Canada

24 Sep 16

Curious without reading ever comment here what have you deduced? Were they playing around or actually trying to make an easy dollar. Sorry I didn't see the post.

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@Bluedoll (16774)

• Canada

25 Sep 16

@ms1864 sounds like the desire to make a quick dollar the easy way = be a thief.

@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

24 Sep 16

It's ok, the plagiarized post was deleted in a days time....apparently one line posts are not encouraged anyway. It was just one of the people who don't want to make an effort ...and considering the effort on mylot doesn't even feel like an effort....copying was a silly idea.

@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

25 Sep 16

@MALUSE (69409)

• Germany

18 Oct 16

It's not necessary to explain why you report a post, but admin is glad if you leave a link to the original post in a comment. You can also send a private message to admin if you find a serial plagiarist.

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@MALUSE (69409)

• Germany

18 Oct 16

@ms1864 It's very rare that a member only plagiarises one post. If they can get away with it once, they'll do it again. Some time ago I found a member by chance who had stayed under the radar and had posted plagiarised posts for eight years! Admin was happy to be notified about this.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

18 Oct 16

A serial plagiarist?

will do.

@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

18 Oct 16

@MALUSE 8 YEARS!!? wow...the mylotter must have been good with making it look original.

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@sol_cee (38222)

• Philippines

20 Sep 16

A plagiarized one liner post? S/he needs a crash course from you. lol

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@sol_cee (38222)

• Philippines

22 Sep 16

@ms1864 It means you are a good writer.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

22 Sep 16

oh..phew! i was afraid you were being sarcastic...and i didn't know what i had done to offend you...this is a relief...and Thankx!

@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

20 Sep 16

what does this mean?

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@HappyKez (125)

• India

20 Sep 16

Be it a line or a paragraph, Plagiarism is unacceptable.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

20 Sep 16

Exactly...it is as simple as that.

@moirai (2836)

• Philippines

24 Sep 16

Wow. Plagiarizing a one-liner has to be some special kind of stup.. ... please forgive my language.

Anyway, reporting would be the way to go, though I didn't realize there is no option there to give a reason? I guess, I haven't reported anyone recently so I am not aware how it is. Glad that it has been deleted. That way, no one would make the mistake of participating in it, only to have their efforts go to waste after it is deleted. I, for one, spend a lot of time thinking about and writing my posts, so if anyone ever plagiarized it, I would appreciate being informed. So that might be an additional thing you could do aside from reporting - inform the one that was copied so he/she is aware.

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@moirai (2836)

• Philippines

25 Sep 16

@ms1864 Yes, I imagine it's also quite awkward telling someone that his/her one-line post was 'plagiarized'. Lol!

But for something that's longer, definitely inform the one who was copied.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

25 Sep 16

I'll keep that in mind...i didn't think to inform the person who made the original post...though some said that his was a one line post it might get deleted too. But i see your point.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

29 Sep 16

glad it got dealt with. Such posts should not be welcome on any site like this

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

30 Sep 16

but you will notice...new ones like it pop up everyday.

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@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

23 Sep 16

Admin is usually pretty fast at taking care of issues like this.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

23 Sep 16

they sure are.

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@else34 (13517)

• New Delhi, India

20 Sep 16

@ms1864,Would you please tell me how you know a particular post is plagiarised?

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@else34 (13517)

• New Delhi, India

21 Sep 16

@ms1864 Thanks for enlightening me.

@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

20 Sep 16

It wasn't hard to see...the original post was posted only 1 hour before the copied one...they were just 4 posts between them...so when i was looking for discussions to read...i noticed.

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@PatZAnthony (14752)

• Charlotte, North Carolina

24 Sep 16

Once admin sees it, they will know what the issue is I think.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

24 Sep 16

yeah, they did.

@missjessicadawn (3286)

• United States

21 Sep 16

Hopefully since you reported it, they will take care of it. I see a lot of one-liner posts but they are mostly from new mylotters. I'm assuming they just don't know the rules.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

21 Sep 16

Honestly, i don't mind the one line posts...because i can read the whole post without having to actually OPEN it...

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@missjessicadawn (3286)

• United States

23 Sep 16

@ms1864 lol Same here!

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@tzwrites (4835)

• Romania

22 Sep 16

Copying a one line post is very pathetic...

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

22 Sep 16

True dat!

@FayeHazel (40246)

• United States

24 Oct 16

I'm happy the copied post was deleted. Sometimes I will see something someone else wrote on here and get inspired, but I wouldn't dream of copy and pasting something. The fun is in writing down my own words

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

25 Oct 16

To inspire someone is totally awesome...twice now i have seen someone write a post that was something that i had had written about...but it was very different from mine in words and thoughts.

@allknowing (130077)

• India

4 Dec 16

I noticed that too where we cannot explain why we report. You can send a message to Admin explaining. . I do it sometimes.

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@moondebi (1199)

• Bangalore, India

20 Sep 16

Plagiarism is something which destroyed many sites. Hope admin is watching!

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

20 Sep 16

I Hope so too.

@Letranknight2015 (51537)

• Philippines

20 Sep 16

This is why I don't make post that has much quality because others will just copy the whole thing.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

20 Sep 16

lol...well we do see the topics repeated a lot of the time...but at least if they ADD something to it...write it in their own style...attempt to do something.. but i see what you mean...i i only write lighter topics on mylot... my discussions with research get posted elsewhere.

@sofssu (23662)

•

22 Sep 16

Magic hit the report button!! We need to report these silly bugers.

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@5thHouse (1678)

• Sheffield, England

20 Sep 16

It's such a shame that people have to plagiarize on here. Surely they could find something to say in their own words. It's not as if there's even a word limit!

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

20 Sep 16

I know right!

@CoolPeace (1566)

• Miami, Florida

21 Sep 16

You don't have to plagiarize here all you have to do is write a topic you feel about.

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