to all the dips i've hated before (im nicer) I my calm take on plagiarism
Hi, guys.
I know I was a little bit aggressive on my last blogpost (hence the dip(!!) and I think I was just going through it so I kind of lost my temper for a moment there. It is kind of sad that a few comments talked about their stories also being plagiarized and it shows that it’s a reoccurring problem. I just am going to state on a few points below about the problem of plagiarism itself.
- Plagiarism doesn’t have to be copying a story word for word. That’s what I think. It can be in many forms. Translations without consent of a story you wrote is plagiarism. Writing the exact plot is also plagiarism.
- I know there is a grey line when it comes to ideas because one might ask—who can steal ideas… right? But if my story… say, says that 43+7=1 and it was rather detailed as to why it led back to =1 and another story says the EXACT SAME THING…
Then yeah, it’s obvious where you go that idea from. Broad plot and storylines, I get it. Like romance—there are so many romance plots that I have written that I am SURE someone has already written. But when the concept is about four worlds, Adam and Eve coming into play and Eve was sent back to Eve, blah blah blah. Merlin was a Savior’s Savior and etchera. A bit too specific, don’t you think?
- Most of the copied fics are put onto other platforms. A03, Wattpad, I think someone even told me Tumblr before when I once witnessed someone put a blog post up about how their whole fanfiction was written off as someone elses because AFF is apparently a small community.
- DO NOT TRANSLATE AND REPORT STORIES WITHOUT CONSENT! Putting up a “hey! This story is too good to NOT share” doesn’t make it better. If a writer wants to put their writing up, they would, bro. Chillax.
- Last point is silent readers and I feel like I’ve spoken about this a lot and those who know I appreciate them just know so you know who you are and this paragraph is not for you. Subscribers are like friends to me and I just think that it doesn’t hurt to show some appreciation. Real life gets by, I get it. I understand and I’m thankful for those who stop by time from time to tell me that they have read a chapter and liked the chapter. That being said, if you can read through my twenty pages, one or two sentences of a comment shouldn’t be that hard. And that goes to other people who write too That being said, I do get more comments on other platforms and there is a reason why it’s so always so active. I think I’ve seen multiple people write a blog post about this before so I’m not going to elaborate and be negative about it.
On a positive note!
If you have been commenting and sending me love, I thank you so much. It means so so so much and I feel like I don’t express it enough. Some of you have become actual friends who I know I can hit up any time and that itself is enough for me to feel happy and safe.
Conclusion as my sister says:
#jailtheplagiarisers #ididnotsleeponthefloorforthis
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