When someone with authority and connections disagrees with you, they sometimes can't help but feel offended. The abusive side does not always relate to a person; it can also refer to an organization, a group, or even a community. It's their thinking; if you don't want to accept their perspective, they won't take it as a yes.
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” —Elbert Hubbard
Assuming you're new to hive, you've chosen to try your hand at writing an article titled about how to create a nice sandwich.
Aside from your sandwich-making experience, you'll also go online to get a sense of how individuals create articles for this particular format.
There, you discovered that every article had the same opening describing the major elements; occasionally, the author would go into greater depth about each ingredient, but the key ingredients remained the same: bread, pickles, and eggs.
You also came across an interesting fact in one of the articles you were reading and decided to include it in the piece you were about to write. It was not stated that all recipe articles would be formatted in the same way, with an introduction, ingredients, and then the technique. And it was the same with you; you wrote an introductory paragraph on what a sandwich is, then listed the ingredients, and then described how to make the sandwich in your own style. At the end of the article, you mention some stores that sold decent ingredients at low costs and provide a link to where you found them.
Because you are freshman, all of the markdown syntaxes and formatting are making writing a simple 'sandwich recipes' was difficult. For the image, you simply type sandwich into Google image, and a variety of various sandwich images will appear on the screen. You simply select one that appeals to you and copy the URL that Google indicates is the original source. Download the image, change the size, and you're done. That's exactly what you were thinking. What you don't realize is that you are in the wrong; images that display when you search Google are prohibited from being used in your articles, even if you provide the image's source. Before you are allowed to use them, you must first obtain permission from the owner. (And here I was thinking that because the image appeared on Google, it must be free.)
This is similar to what happened to me.
And when I finished writing the article and did a few checks before deciding it was ready to be published. I wasn't sure about what tags to include, so I opened my Discord, where I already joined some of the hive-related servers. I simply go to this one particular server and inquire in the general chat. and without a doubt, every moderator is quite helpful. Then After I've finished with the tags, I was ready to post the article and promote it on each server as mentioned back then . What I don't realize is that one of the servers I was promoting the articles on is aggressively monitoring all of the published articles from newbies like myself , and their job is to look for any plagiarism alike things inside the content.
“We make too many walls and not enough bridges“ -Isaac Newton
Having said that, not long after the piece was released, my name was mentioned by the server, and I immediately went to attempt to figure out what the problem was. There I was asked a number of questions, including where I acquired the image, or did the article copied from other publications, and other issues. One of the moderators then pointed out that using a Google picture is for the article was wrong. Despite all of this being newbie still acknowledge the mistakes and promise that I will be careful next writing as not to utilize Google as a source for image. After that one of the moderator stated that he discovered online that there was an article with the same elements listed in it that was similar to the one put in mine. Being questioned one after another I admit that I was glancing at some item while I was research about sandwich on other people articles when doing research for this writing, but the recipe is sure written originally based on my experienced, refused to accept, he accused me for paraphrasing .
What? Of course, the sandwich components will remain the same, and why would I want to create my own catchphrase for other people's businesses? It was a bad decision. The odds are stacked against me because I've been bombarded with questions from a number of people. I swear I'll provide a link to the ingredient credits. However, when I saw that the majority of individuals name the same components, I became enraged and confused as to who should be given credit. So when the time comes, I'll just delete the ingredients section and provide some remarks about why certain articles may resemble mine. But, before I have time to go back and amend the article, I failed to include that the group's moderators had already gone through and downvoted the post.
It's just heartbreaking. It takes time and effort to build a reputation. They're simply hammering it like it's nothing. It was harsh of them to group up on me. I returned to the server and, with conflicted feelings but still under calm, stated that I couldn't care less about their downvote then leaving the server.
“Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.” — Confucius
That's when I received hive watch messages tagging my post as plagiarism. Thinking that They must have reported on me, then I decided to erase them all and leave only the explanation message. Once hive watchers labelled the post, it was the end of the line for me. Fighting while you're alone causes more harm than benefit. It's disheartening to see all of your hard work being wiped out. However, there will be others. I'm not going to give up simply because certain individuals can't handle it when their perspectives are ignored. Perhaps they were under the impression that mere newcomers should not speak up. alternatively they just do not accept any resemblance that may be noticed when examining and comparing with others online. If that's the case, perhaps only one individual can write the recipes. Other who also write the same ingredients for sandwich would be considered as plagiarism.
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss
The keys and important notes that I want to say is,
- There are certain persons in positions of power or superiority over you who can't stand it when their inadequate refuses to accept what they've pointed out. Especially if you provide data to support the claim. If you ever find yourself in a scenario like this, try to hold back as much as you can and do what they tell you to do if you can.
Thank you. - my writing is not intended to label anybody or any group as evil or not good, I simply felt compelled to write it for other newbies like me who were unaware that anything like this might happen if you were not careful with what you were writing.
Please reflect my writing and write in accordance with the guidelines that hive has established.
- Plagiarism is horrible, and I do not advocate it, but if the article is about the same subject, it may have similarities with other articles that may be found online.
Despite this, I hold no grudges and do not intend for my text to be used to label specific persons or organizations as evil.
The majority of the moderators on the above-mentioned site are really kind and helpful, and the server is brimming with useful materials.
This circumstance might be the result of some misunderstanding motivated by passion and power, or it could be something else entirely.
Thank you very much
superslayer0040
Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” —Mary Kay Ash
