Plagiarism on mylot

@ms1864 (6885)
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 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
20 Sep 16
Thankx. I'll do that.
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@akalinus (43372)
• 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 (43372)
• 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 (6885)
• 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 (6885)
• 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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@moirai (2853)
• 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 (2853)
• 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 (6885)
• 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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@Bluedoll (16773)
• 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 (16773)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
@ms1864 sounds like the desire to make a quick dollar the easy way = be a thief.
@ms1864 (6885)
• 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 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
25 Sep 16
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
20 Sep 16
A plagiarized one liner post? S/he needs a crash course from you. lol
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Sep 16
@ms1864 It means you are a good writer.
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@ms1864 (6885)
• 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 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
20 Sep 16
what does this mean?
@HappyKez (125)
• India
20 Sep 16
Be it a line or a paragraph, Plagiarism is unacceptable.
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@ms1864 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
20 Sep 16
Exactly...it is as simple as that.
• 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 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
30 Sep 16
but you will notice...new ones like it pop up everyday.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
23 Sep 16
Admin is usually pretty fast at taking care of issues like this.
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@ms1864 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
23 Sep 16
they sure are.
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@else34 (13515)
• 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 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
21 Sep 16
@ms1864 Thanks for enlightening me.
@ms1864 (6885)
• 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 (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
24 Sep 16
Once admin sees it, they will know what the issue is I think.
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@ms1864 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
24 Sep 16
yeah, they did.
• 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 (6885)
• 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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• 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 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
22 Sep 16
True dat!
@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 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
20 Sep 16
I know right!
@FayeHazel (40243)
• 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 (6885)
• 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 (137772)
• 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 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
20 Sep 16
I Hope so too.
• 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 (6885)
• 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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@mavlana (1019)
• India
21 Sep 16
It's ridiculous. ...atleast don't Insult myLot guidelines by copying a single line.
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@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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