THE REASONS WHY NEWBIES PLAGIARISE

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We are in the digital age now. This is an age where access to information is almost limitless. And the volume of information available now is almost infinite.

There once was a time when a university student working on a thesis would have to explore unknown lands to gather data, visit different libraries, conduct research for months, and do so many other things that just made the completion of their work tedious, time-consuming, and expensive. But then the digital era came, and now the efficiency of anyone working on anything can be skyrocketed.

Being productive is no longer much of a hassle. In fact, there are now a vast variety of tools that simply make the input-output relationship sublime and highly efficient. This is to say that you do not need to move your butt to know anything about anywhere at anytime. But with every solution, there will always be a problem, you would agree. This now makes access to information and resources easily abused. And this is why we will be talking about plagiarism.


What is exactly is Hive?

Of course, the majority of us reading this post are already on Hive and know exactly what it is. But for the benefit of those that are new, to whom this is particularly addressed (the esteemed "newbies"), I will be talking about what Hive is.

Hive is basically a social media platform. Period! But it does not end there. It is a social media platform that exists on the blockchain. It is basically a platform that has immutability, transparency, and, most importantly, is decentralised, as opposed to other social media platforms.

To shine more light, it is a platform where you truly own your account. There is no Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, or Elon Musk that has control over your account. This means that whatever you want to do with your account is entirely up to you.

Why is "PLAGIARISM" such a big deal on Hive?

Now, there is actually more to Hive than just being a social media platform that runs on the blockchain. There is a reward pool where every user can benefit. Basically, being active on Hive can earn you money.

And wherever there is money, there will always be criminals. And the type of criminals we have here are called "ABUSERS". They are the ones that are willing to do anything to get more than they deserve from the reward pool. So they basically abuse Hive. And if this is not curbed, there is bound to be less to go around.



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So tell me why this should not be frowned upon here. Every day, hundreds of people grind their buttocks in order to extract some essence from themselves to share with the rest of the world. And rather than being rewarded accordingly, it just does not get to them, probably because of some abusers. This goes beyond this scope. For the purpose of our sole purpose here, we would leave it at this.

There are many types of abuse, but we are here for plagiarism.

PLAGIARISM: the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. Google. Simple as it is defined.

Now let me give you a direct example. This definition of plagiarism I have given above is not mine, but Google's. Yes, down to every definition that is not your own words. I could have defined it in my own words, but I didn't. It took the words of Google verbatim, word for word. So I cited it, so as to vindicate myself from possible plagiarism.

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Everyone understands that the term "plagiarism" is not a positive one. It just does not attribute to something good whenever it is thought of. This is because, just like the word "stealing", it means something bad. Plagiarism and stealing are even inextricably linked. Plagiarism is fundamentally a theft of identity. It is not only theft, it is also a lie to the audience.


  • You do not really understand what is and what it entails.

This is mostly the case with new individuals on Hive. They are usually ignorant of what plagiarism means. It is either they have only heard the word and do not know the actual definition, or they know the word but have a misconception of it. So you find many newbies coming onto Hive and doing something without actually knowing that what they are doing is wrong. Let me give you an example of a situation that happened some time ago. It happened while I was under the tutelage of @starstrings01.

@starstrings01 is a big onboarder here on Hive. His job is to bring people into Hive, teach them all they need to know about it, and do's and don'ts. And if you know him, he hammers heavily on plagiarism. Then it happened that a newbie of his went on to take just a few lines of text from some article on the net, but without sourcing it in their work on Hive.



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To the newbie, they just needed that little text to elaborate on his point. He did not know that he was plagiarizing at that moment. That put @starstrings01 in some mess, as his referrer, and it all birthed the Hive Bootcamp we are running now. The @hive-bootcamp is a program tailored to teach new users on Hive what it is about, how to grow, and do's and don'ts.

So, like I have clearly stated above, it is simply taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own. It is using someone's work and not acknowledging the owner. We know better and are now expected to do better.


  • You actually know what it is, but you unaware that you are doing it.

This is very similar to the previous reason, but with some things to highlight. There are forms of plagiarism:

  1. Direct plagiarism: This is taking another person's work word-for-word. This applies to the example given earlier.

  2. Self-plagiarism (post-recycling): This is using your own work that has already been published without making reference to it. Yes, it is that deep. It is your work, but since it has already been published, you have to make reference to it. On Hive, it is basically called "post-recycling". As the name implies, republishing a post, say, from three years ago (or at any time), is essentially recycling your content.

  3. Mosaic plagiarim: This is taking small phrases or little chunks of ideas from other people's work and putting them into your own work without citing them. It could be a few words in the source's sentence that you mixed up with yours, all resulting in an identical idea.

This applies not only to text, but basically anything. I could print Leonardo Da Vinci's work and pass it off as my own work of art. I could take a photo and put it in my work and not source it. It is all "image-plagiarism".

Another area I would like to talk about is copyright infringement. I joined Hive, and when I saw that everybody seemed to always put the lyrics for their rendition (cover) of whatever song in Hive Open Mic, I just followed suit. It was when @dreemsteem explained it to me that I realised that I was doing something wrong.



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I have not done much research on copyright infringement, but I totally understood the point she was making. Basically, the lyrics belong to the artist, and just placing it all on my work just isn't right. I also saw someone else talk about it on a user's post sometime ago that the lyrics needed to be sourced, but I did not understand then.

Ignorance, or not having the intention of plagiarising, does not absolve you of actually doing something wrong. Ignorance is never an excuse. But again, we know better now. This is why we need to do our research on things we do not understand so we can ultimately become better.


  • You fully understand it, but think you can get away with it.

Well, let me first let you know that you are an "abuser." There is no need to sugar-coat it. And with all that has been said to this point, it is fair to say that you are "willing to be unfair to the ecosystem." You are harming the ecosystem, just for your own selfish reasons of farming rewards.

There are a few things that show your personality as an individual, and the biggest is that you lack confidence in your own work:

You do not believe your work (or content) is worth any value, hence you choose to eat off of someone else's work. This shows your lack of integrity and your choice to not grow.



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I can totally relate to how hard it can be to create content, but you only have to start somewhere. It will not be beautiful at first, but you sure will grow if you decide to learn and not steal instead.

What pagiarising does overtime is that it impedes your ability to innovate and create. Because you rely so heavily on other people's intelligence, you become less and less capable of thinking and making content by yourself.

You believe you will not be caught.

Well, let me burst your bubbles. There are actually bodies that watch out for abuses. They will definitely find you someday. And when they do, it will be a real problem for you to get things back to normal for you afterwards. So you might as well not want to leave a dent in your reputation and be original.

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The essence you are creating should be centered around being better; that should be your primary reason. The second reason should be that you want to share with the world what it is you have gotten better at or learned. Of what value is it to oneself if you are republishing another person's work? Have some integrity.

Of course, you can still make references. This means that you acknowledge the original work does not belong to you. You only want to share it. But your purpose should be to add to it, not to make it the center of your work. It only inspires your own work. I mean, who has not been inspired by someone before? It is okay to be inspired. In fact, it is great to be inspired.

You could be scrolling through YouTube or Facebook and you heard some powerful stuff that gripped your soul and would like to talk about it. That is absolutely normal. What you do not want to do is to plagiarise that work. You are creative; use it.

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This is well laid out... Absolutely spot on with every single word. I sincerely hope a lot of people see this because when people know better they can do better...

I found this topic to be rather crucial in helping people, particularly newbies, in allowing for a space (Hive) to exist with as minimal abuse as possible.

Demystifying the concept and depths of plagiarism is something that has now become imperative for any writer (or content creator) to experience so as to create content that can be tagged "unique" and "impeccable".

Absolutely. I hope a lot of people see it and I am more than happy to reblog for others to see. Well done. 🙌

I really hope it helps peolple to be better, particularly the newbies. I know that researching about it and making this post has definitely made me better.

It's absolutely a brilliant post. Thank you for that.

This post will be really helpful for me been a newbies thanks for sharing

It is a good thing you are learning this as a newbie. You now more information that would empower you to become better, faster.

Plagiarism is not something one must get involved with as the penalty is deadly. Prison is the way out or else, one need to deny himself or herself from getting involved with plagiarism

@dreemport sent me here

I am glad you get the point and understand where I am coming from. Plagiarism is not joke on Hive, so it is important that one fully understand it.

That's right.

This is quite post and the fact that I read it all simply implies that it all makes sense. I like how you put everything out there. When I newly joined Hive, I made a few mistakes by not sourcing some images correctly. Of course I learned my lesson. Great post Olujay.

We tend to make the most mistakes when we are ignorant. And it does make sense, doesn't it? You do not know, so you act accordingly, making mistakes.

I also made many mistakes when I first joined Hive, which really wasn't too long ago. I am probably making some mistakes that I will only learn about in the future. But that is life, basically. We are bound to make mistakes, especially when we do not know better. What is important is that you do not repeat those mistakes after you have learned to be better.

I am glad you see my perspective and that you took the time to read it.

I have also been enlightened by this beautiful, well thought out post. Plagiarism has several misconceptions and you demystified them.

Plagiarism is simply a fancy word for "stealing." However, many people are unaware of this, and as a result, they end up committing a crime without even realizing it. This is why education on plagiarism cannot be overstated in order to enlighten individuals on this complex subject.

I'm delighted you got my point of view and found my post enlightening.

Nice!

Bookmarked for the Newbies coming in.

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Hey, @nickydee. Thanks for bookmarking. Hopefully, it helps the newbies to come.

Three more this week!

I'll send to them today 😊👍

That is great.

I hope it helps them better on Hive.

I'm sure it will :)

Self plagiarism doesn't even show a progress to the user . It's an act I don't wish to get myself involved here. This is so helpful to many that will across this content esp those who claim doesn't know what it means .

Thanks for sharing

Exactly! Self-plagiarism is a big indicator that you are definitely not growing and that there is a problem.

I am glad that you get my perspective. Hopefully, the newbies to come, and other people, will realise more about plagiarims, enough to empower them to becoming much better writers (content creators).

Amazing one bro!

I had a typical self-plagiarism thought before starting my journey on hive like I'm writing on other platform and now joining a new one so why not just throw the old topics

But Glad I didn't went this way as i realise it's not a Good thing either I'll manage both platform - different topics or will just stick to one

Now doing on both and day by day learning and improving my skills a lot on hive!!!

Best one you've said it all on point!

why not just throw the old topic

haha...there are many of us that have thought of being that cunning.

But actually, you could keep the same content on both platforms. You should publish on Hive first, then you can publish on the other platforms. But you will make sure to include a link to your Hive post on that other platform as well.

At the end of the day, we have different audiences on different platforms. What you wouldn't want to do is re-post (re-cycle) your content on Hive.

I am glad you understand my points and appreciate them.

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Permit me to tag you here too, @finguru. Plagiarism is no joke on Hive, and this is one of the main reasons we started the Hive bootcamp. This post is primarily intended for newbies, but I am confident that it will be of great assistance to those who have been here for a long time but may have been unaware of this issue.

Glad that you guys added this topic in the BootCamp since Plagiarism is a huge NO on Hive. We don't want newbies to make this mistake because it could ruin their experience forever.

Hey, @olujay. This is a great post and puts forward good arguments for not plagiarising. It's a lazy thing to do and is basically cheating.

I came here from Dreemport. 💛

Exactly! It is basically cheating. And also unhealthy for one's growth.

Thank you for reading.

Self-plagiarism on Hive is not a thing.

Self-plagiarism is more relevant in academic and research publishing. It also arises if you have an agreement with a publication you've written for that gives them certain rights to your content and then you use it without their permission.

One of the values of the blockchain is the content is yours to use and reuse as you see fit. If I want to repurpose parts of a relevant post of mine into a new post, it's mine to do so. If I wanted a backlink to the original then citing it is a good idea.

I frequently cross-post my content to other places I write, because it's mine to do.

Yes, self-plagiarism is not a thing, as I have observed. It applies mainly to academic work. The one for agreements with publications makes total sense. If you have agreed to write for some publication, you have transferred rights of ownership to the publication; they now own it.

Thank you for adding more light to the matter, as I have now learned even more about plagiarism.

But I wonder, is reusing your content, say one you made about 3 years ago and then reposting it now this year, not more like recycling content and pulling from the reward pool twice? I mean, since it is mine, and mine to do whatever I want with it.

Cross-posting is not pulling content from 3 years ago and reposting. Cross-posting is taking content I've done here and posting it to another platform or my own blog. Or vice versa.

If I did go to a post I did in the past, I would always go through it, revise and update it. That's not recycling content, that's repurposing it is something all good writers do to keep their content fresh and relevant.

It should only happen with evergreen content, which is content that remains true and of value for a long period of time. Since we're always learning; revising, updating and adding to it makes it a new piece. It shares more with the reader than the original. I don't mean a sentence or two, something meaningful.

You'll also find your style of writing will evolve over time. It's a good test of your work to go back to your earlier work and read it through, If you don't find yourself cringing at some of your ways of writing, you might want to take a closer look at what writing habits you're into.

Oh yes, cross-posting is very much different.

The essence of having to repost content should be to add to it. We change every day. And so does our perspective on matters. So it is perfectly normal to have a different view of a situation and have new opinions about it. In this case, it is not "self-plagiarism."

And like you have described, our writing style changes over time. When one goes back to their work in the past, one will find that they have changed drastically. One should change with time, but if one does not find significant change in one's writing, there most certainly is a problem. And that problem would be that one has not grown with the time that has passed.

I really appreciate your contrubution and enlightenment.

It depends on the circumstances.
If I quote myself and incorporate an old post into a new one but add new original content, maybe like a follow up or so, then I create something new.
The problem arises if I just repost something and the hole voting/rewarding process starts over again without actually doing something new. And something new in this case is not

"Oh, look what I thought about 6 months ago: " end of post.

Yes, I added something but it's marginal.

But if I wrote a post about a goal I try to achieve and follow up on it later, it's just normal to quote the original content and then add "got it" or "didn't make it" to it (in a figuratively sense).

Argh, this is a hard and strong topic.

I still consider myself very new to hive and will do so until I reach the one year mark (that definition is set by myself for myself, others might have a different view on that, I'm sure).
But one of the first things I learned (because every newbie guide stronglines it) is that this topic can make or break you (that phrase might even be a quote, I'm not sure where I got it from).

Yes yes, you totally nailed it. You have buttressed the point even further.

Of course, you could build on something you have done before. But it has to be something that adds to it, and not republishing the same content.

Your example totally hits it bullseye.

I really appreciate this contrubution. I just sent some Ecency points your way.

With every solution, there will always be a problem, you would agree. This now makes access to information and resources easily abused. And this is why we will be talking about plagiarism.

Technical advancements complicate life just as much as it increases efficiency and productivity.

There are actually bodies that watch out for abuses. They will definitely find you someday. And when they do, it will be a real problem for you to get things back to normal for you afterwards.

Haha it is not pretty getting a hivewatchers notification. Don’t plagiarize or abuse and you won’t see that unpleasant notification ever.

You covered a lot here man, great job!

Getting their notification is never a thing to celebrate about. To avoid is simple and easy; just do not abuse the Hive ecosystem.

You covered a lot here man, great job!

Thanks man.

I just sent some Ecency points your way.

Points received. Thanks😁

Very detailed! Thanks for sharing! I came across your post via dreemport.

Thank you for reading.

Thank you for reading, @ngwinndave

This is so informative, you've taken your time to make sure even someone that can't ease understand will understand.

When I first joined hive, I already knew of plagiarism because someone that was close to me was once penalized for that and he always did well to advise me to be very careful and I did well to abide by his advice.

Plagiarism is a sin that is almost unforgivable and that's why we have to be very careful and just be creative when we write.

Well done for this beautiful piece dear.

The thing is, we can never know everything in our life. But we can know enough to thrive. This is the essence of learning every day.

What I know now about Hive is incomparable with what I knew when I started. And I know it has only been a few months, I think four, but I will try my best to learn as much as I can.

When it comes to being penalized, it really is okay. It only becomes an issue when we do not learn why we were penalized and adjust.

I am glad you found my article educative. I will continue to get better so I can in turn help people to become better in the way I can.

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That's right dear, being penalized is not bad but being penalized for one particular thing twice is a really big problem.

Indeed learning is something that is continuous as long as we are alive. I'm really proud of you Joe, you've grown really well and it's all because of your nature of learning too.

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Awesome content brother! I think the best name for the self-plagiarism is what we call Post-recycling on Hive..

It is not acceptable in any form! You cannot republish your old content, but only make reference to it in other to derive a new idea for your audience.

Yes, yes, post-recycling is what I meant to have called it. I have not edited it and buttressed it in relation to Hive.

Thank you for the contribution, brother.

You are right I wouldn't put up a good work just for it to be abused.
Plagiarism is wrong no two ways to it.

There is no other way to it. Plagiarism is cheating, and it is wrong. Period!

Thank you for reading.

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Wow wow. Thank you, @olawalium

You have encouraged me to do better.

You deserved even more. Well done, brother.

Thank you, Ecency.

I invited a friend to Blurt Blockchain as she saw me doing well and living a good life. I put her through the do's and don't of the platform and unknowingly for her, I was observing her posts. For the first two articles she posted, I knew her writing and style and while checking through the next post, I saw a bit of difference and I knew it wasn't her own work. I had to run a check on the post and I found out that she copied someone else's work and made it hers.

I made her aware that it is prohibited anywhere and you must be original. She denied at first but when I showed her proof, she did confessed and stopped the act.

It's really a bad thing to plagiarize. You have to source whatever content that isn't yours as a reference and failure to do this, you are putting your account and personality at risk.

I got to learn something from your post which is the self plagiarism part. Thanks for sharing 🤗🤗

Starstrings just explained that it was post-recycling as Shadowspub said it wasn't a thing on Hive. His post is really enlightening!

hi Joe, great article! So many newbies don't seem to appreciate that the use of another person's work without accreditation is simply not acceptable. It's destructive to creative content and stifles growth. Another thing I have seen more recently is the respinning of the work of others, so that it is not as easy to pick up in plagiarism detectors, but nevertheless amounts to theft of creative ideas. We should be on the lookout for this too! Thank you for highlighting such an important issue and sharing it in Dreemport, where I found your article this evening. At Dreemport, every single article is screened meticulously for plagiarism and copyright infringement before it gets anywhere near public curation in the system. This is one of the best reasons to read content through the platform. You can be assured of Dreemport's efforts at pushing for authenticity. !ALIVE

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You have even buttressed the whole point even further. It has now become a necessity that every newbie, even older authors, understand this concept of taking credit for another man's intelligence and brilliant work.

The respinning of the work of others is something I do not think is "plagiarism", but it is fundamentally one and the same; taking credit for someone else's work.

You all at Dreemport do so much to keep the communities safe for everyone by minimizing abuse. I can understand how tedious and tasking it could be to have to go through every single person's posts and screen them. And that is why, with every chance we get, we should bestow accolades for all the effort and love.

If there is any little way that I could be of assistance, I am in. But if there isn't, I will keep putting out content to help people be better on Hive, as I get better too.

Thank you again for spotting my content and going through it, and for the tokens as well.

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