Reporting Plagiarism Tips

If you saw the feed, I decided to delete the individual posts and condense it here instead.

 

In light of recent events, if you have a Wattpad account (thank god I didn't delete mine), here are a few things you can do to report plagiarized works:

1) Report the stories! There are two options: one is for "published and copyrighted" works and the other is for works from platforms like AFF. The latter is not possible to report if you are not the owner of the story, so use the first option and provide the links to the stories here on AFF.

2) Report the account! There is no 'plagiarism' option; however, you can click 'spam' and explain that there is no 'other' option but the stories are plagiarized. Point out if they've written original sources in the descriptions.

3) Message the account! This may not have a high success rate, but I'm sure nobody likes mass messages for plagiarizing. Be polite; you're representing a respectable writer on this platform and don't want to cause further damage.

That being said, missnobodyssim on Wattpad has plagiarized from several authors on this platform, including xxxone, smiley-seulgi, boxxsaltz, null_emotion, BlackFeather_2, leonhearrrrto, among others. Please report.

 

 

UPDATE: It seems that the above user's account is no longer available on Wattpad (at least from when I tried to access it, both through my account and without logging in). There is no way yet to confirm if Wattpad has closed the account down or the user has switched to another account and/or platform, but as of now, it is gone, along with the stories. Thank you to everyone who helped report the story and the user, and if anything like this ever happens again, please let the writers know asap so the correct actions can be taken. 

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MadmenSmile
#1
This happened to a friend of mine, so it's good advice!
IS2SEULRENE #2
I saw a story ssme as black featjer but the otor daid they asked permission and they gave all credits to the real otor
Blxckisland
#3
Danggg that's soo fcked up.
Thank youuu for giving this handy tips ^^