my story got plagiarised.

i don't want to make a big deal out of this seeing as the problem has already been resolved, but i feel as if this is necessary to say because i'm still incredibly hurt right now.

last night i was informed that my oneshot feeling faint, was plagiarised.

knowing some of my friends you're probably going to freak out and ask who, where's the story, let me smack this , have you reported it yet; and the answers are: she deactivated, it was deleted, go ahead, and somewhat.

fortunately i had bum-chan online when i first found out because i had the absolute worst panic attack i've had in at least a couple of months like i was crying and shaking and everything i thought i was going to throw up or pass out or both and it was like 11 at night so i was kind of silently hyperventilating in my room and i don't even know why it's not my best story but it's the first time i've ever been plagiarised and it ing hurt

her username was 'snowygirl' and the story was exactly the same except the names were changed to exo. seeing as i was in hysterics bum-chan reported it and it got deleted just minutes after the complaint was filed. when i'd calmed down i wallposted her to politely confront her -- which you probably won't believe because i'm absolutely horrible when i'm mad -- and i told her what she did was wrong and i hope she'll learn from this mistake and not do it anymore.

trust, she was cowardly and decided to deactivate.

because of this issue i will no longer be accepting random friend requests. and i will be going through my entire list of friends and checking our history together. if i see i've been added for no reason and that we haven't talked, i will delete you.

it's very unlikely that i'll be deleting you if you're reading this blog post but i can't afford to go through that kind of anxiety again, i'm taking precautions now. i don't care if it means less readers for me; as long as i know they're trustworthy, i'm okay with it.

if any of you aren't writers on here, i want you to know that plagiarism hurts. it's no compliment. it makes me digusted.

if anybody ever spots plagiarism, please, don't leave it. follow it up. it saves an author from a lot of pain. plagiarism is digustng and horrible and i'm still so angry at hurt that that girl did that to me. now i'm just afraid the same thing could happen -- or potentially, is happening -- to 'not otherwise specified' right now.

if i end up deleting one of you guys and you want me back as a friend, please, do feel free to add me back. but if you want to be my friend for the sake of just having more friends, i'd rather not add you back. my friends are people i talk to, or at least, trust.

i'm still extremely upset right now but i want to publically thank tokyotiffo314 for being brave enough to speak up about the issue, and even persist when she thought i hadn't read her comments by private messaging me. i don't think i've thanked her enough; last night i was just too unstable to express my thanks to her. it horrifies me to think my story/ies could be out there right now, without credit, reposted and being given love and compliments when it's really all my hard work going to waste. thank you so much for speaking up, for following up the issue, for telling me. i couldn't say it enough.

i also want to thank bum because even though we left off on really bad terms and i didn't deserve your support at all you still helped me so much and i'm so thankful that i have you and i love you so much

i should go now

i hope nobody is offended by this and if you're worried i'm going to delete you it's probably very unlikely i'll just unfriend people that have added me but we're not really friends you know??????? i guess if you don't want to be unfriended just comment below but please remember this is a safety precaution. my stories are my life, seriously.

okay bye

<3

EDIT: I FORGOT TO MENTION!!!!!! HAPPY SUNNY DAY!!!!!! AYAYAYYAYAYA

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injeong
#1
Oh ... I feel bad for you. I can imagine what it feels like to have your work copied (tho it has never happened to me and HOPEFULLY never will *but my stories so why would anyone? Hahaha*) that snowygirl >:-(
hope that your other stories won't get plagiarised by some coward *shy thumbs up? Hihihi*
HAPPY SUNNY DAY TO YOU TOO!!! On a nice note, bye!
Injeong
AptonKey #2
I don't think I could plagiarise someone without ing up.

Egample; original :tao drank his coffee.
My version: why would tao drink coffee, why not Gucci smoothy
jiyonghaengsyo
#3
OMG. I feel so bad for you!!! I'm glad it's resolved though!
evangeline101 #4
Omg /sighs at plagiarism/ and ugh honey that kris incident is really complicated, like there are two completely different sides of teh story and I don't know what to believe and so, I'll ignore it and focus on Infinite's new comeback and Super Junior's lives /waves a flag/

P.S I'm sure you'll be okay though honestly this plagiarism just shows what an amazing writer you are /winks/
attaek_on_writing
#5
That's just plain rude. I can't understand why people would just take other people's hard work. I'm glad the problem was resolved though!
INSPIRITforINFINITE
#6
Oh my. Tsk tsk. Such shameless people, copying someone else's work.
2am-ramen #7
well, i'm not gonna give you any pity, since one, you said you don't want any and two, i don't really think pity works either ^^

Either ways, i can understand how horrible it must be to be plagiarised (I haven't so far gotten any of mine plagiarised yet, as far as i know, but I've been copied in loads of other things, which hurt me so bad) and i wanna say 'Congrats!', y'know, for being level-headed about it. ^^

cheer up.

It shows what a good writer you are, though it's a horrible way to. No offense ^^

G'luck! :D
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infinitaehyung
#8
I'm glad she took it down! Plagiarism is serious and should never be done :/ honestly I don't understand why people plagiarise like jfc you have a brain, use it and write your own thing ffs -.-" If 'Not Otherwise Specified' gets plagiarised in the future I will stab someone with a fork. We're here for you!! <3
P.S: Please don't unfriend me >< but I understand if you do cos we don't really talk other than the times I comment on your stories :3
PlayingWithFire #9
you're so talented that everyone else should be jealous of how well you write
even though you said it wasn't one of your best stories, i believe that any story of yours should be praised
you put a lot of effort into each and every one of your stories, and i know that I, along with hundreds of others, think your stories are amazing
and im proud of you

what that girl did is wrong, and what you did is right
you didnt get angry, you didnt publicly humiliate her
if it was me, i'd be freaking out so much that i'd just tell everyone who it was
instead, you just did what was right
and im proud of you

im crying as i write this
because what im writing is true
i love what you do ellie
and it makes me feel better each day to read your stories
they make me happy, sad, and sometimes confused
but it doesnt matter
because you put so much love into your stories
and im proud of you

i hope that after this experience
you'll continue to write stories as amazing as you always do
don't think about what might happen if you post a story
like, if someone might steal it
think of everyone else who reads your stories
and how happy they are for you
ill be with you the whole time ellie
forever, ill be proud of you <3
kkaebsongg- #10
plagiarizers these days.
i may not have talked much to you but yea.
i might even be expecting you to delete me as a friend bc, as said, we don't talk as much.
but here's the thing tho, just be happy that everything is now solved.
i know you may still be in 'panic' right now, but yeah.
take a chill pill, bro.
look at the bright side, everything is now solved.

plagiarism hurts like hell (not literally, buy you get the point).
i haven't been plagiarized yet and i don't think i should be saying that. lol????

like acupofmoriarty (her user tho) said, your story must be heck amazayn /shot/ and fantabulous for someone to even intend on plagiarizing it!

i srsly hope you're fine now! although I think this comment is late bc i jut opened my acc now otl.
TELL ME YOURE FINE BC I AM GONNA ANNOY THE CRAP OUT OF YOU IF YOU DONT(?)

CRIES. YOU DONT DESERVE THIS OKEI? YOU SRSLY DONT.
I DONT KNOW WHY AWESOME AUTHORS THESE DAYS GET PLAGIARISM AS THEIR REWARD. JUST OMF.

IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOUR STORY NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, PLS TELL ME IMMEDIATELY, LYK SERIOUSLY, CUZ IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY IS GONNA BE STEPPING ON A LEGO EARLY IN THE MORNING.
DIrtiEdWings
#11
i hope you're okay now :) it really to know that all your efforts gone waste and got used by others and the reward of it will be theirs and not to the ones who put all their efforts, passion and all. but it's good to know that it was already resolved and been immediately stopped. :)
xcookieninjax #12
Plagiarism :( but at least its reported now and the plagiarist is gon xx
lannisters
#13
WELL
I'M GOING TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
Um your writing must be hella amazing for someone to actually feel the need to copy word for word
like someone thought your writing was so great they literally copied it

ok nvm I don't think that actually helPS


but omg I hope you're feeling hella or smthn bc someone as fab as you doesn't deserve to feel like

ok
k
ily potassium
exoteen13
#14
Aww I know that feeling because I'm an author too.

But don't be sad too much. If your story got plagiarism. It is mean that your story was good. And she was jealous.
She did jealous even when she did wrong she didn't say sorry to you

Fighting~~