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RE: The Importance of Citation

in #steemcleaners • 7 years ago

Thanks for posting this!

I think @steemcleaners is doing very important work by trying to reduce plagiarism and promote the creation of original content. It would be nice if @steemcleaners work could somehow be integrated as a part of the SteemIt platform itself (EG as part of the Steemit license agreement text / included in the SteemIt FAQs/getting started guides?). The fact that new members need to happen upon SteemCleaners posts in the community content instead of having them as part of the platform's guidelines feels problematic to me.

Also, how do I get more involved with Steemcleaners? I really think that this platform needs better content enforcement in order to have a future. I've been reporting plagiarized content, but I'd like to help out with the Steemcleaners project if you need more volunteers.

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    why? what they are doing is counter to decentralization and free and open sharing of ideas. They are essentially trying to create a kind of information state on steemit it should worry us all.

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       7 years ago (edited) 
      • A bot automatically spamming a message on 1000 posts a day is not the free and open sharing of information. It clutters the platform and makes the actual content less visible and accessible.
      • Stealing someone else's work, or impersonating them is illegal, and could lead to problems for SteemIt down the road for allowing content infringement without attempting to police it. Citing someone else's work and creating your own content/commentary on their work is perfectly ok, it's theft of someone else's work that is prohibited.
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