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Got caught plagiarizing? That implies I was knowingly trying to make money off of someone else's work. That couldn't be further from the truth, but that's the reason they gave me yeah. I copied/pasted game descriptions under my videos just like I've been doing my entire YT career and what others on YT do as well. It's such a small part of the post that I never really thought about it, I just carried on like I've always done and focused on the videos themselves.

If you see copying game descriptions under my videos as plagiarizing then I'm the worst criminal on the crypto sphere for sure and HW made sure I got punished for it. Then you have to crawl, beg and jump through hoops in the hopes that maybe they'll stop. It's demeaning. Just a simple "Hey, you shouldn't do that." type of message should've sufficed. I could continue just posting videos without any text of course, but it did open my eyes for how one entity can enforce some arbitrary rules on people or else.

Like, it's actually worse than YT in that regard. I can't recommend Hive to most of the other youtubers I know simply because they're used to having copy/pasted text somewhere in their descriptions. That's such a BS rule someone made up.

As a youtuber Hive just isn't good enough. People need a place they can continue doing what they're already doing on centralized social media platforms, but without the fear of being punished for it. Hive's the opposite.

You are spot on

I see good standing accounts getting totally downvoted on great original posts

And you could have carried on with your posts, but writing the text yourself and sourcing the copied part. It was your decision not to and stop posting instead.

Then you have to crawl, beg and jump through hoops in the hopes that maybe they'll stop.

As far as I see no other post after was downvoted. What hoops exactly?

That's such a BS rule someone made up.

You mean that if you take text from someone else, you should source it? :)
They teach that in schools. You, as a content creator, should at least be aware of that.

Why don't we all start copying text from the internet, because some people on YouTube do it...

People doing everything right
Even posting 100% original posts
Are getting massively downvoted
For no fucking reason
There just on a”list”
Hive will be Steemit soon if this doesn’t change
A new fork will come

There is always a reason.
Did you ask the person that was downvoting?
Did you research on your own before forming opinion?

Hive will be Steemit soon if this doesn’t change

So if downvotes didn't exist, it would be better?
How would you protect the reward pool? I am genuinely curious about your opinion.


P.S. Selfvoting all your comments with two accounts is probably not the best thing to do if you want to avoid the downvotes ;)

And you could have carried on with your posts, but writing the text yourself and sourcing the copied part. It was your decision not to and stop posting instead.

Yes, I already told you that I could've carried on without copy/pasting descriptions and I already told you why I stopped.

If one entity can shut you down in an instant without warning, then why would you bother building an audience here? At least give them a chance to correct their mistakes before taking everything away.

As far as I see no other post after was downvoted. What hoops exactly?

I was talking about the whitelisting process. I got through it, most people won't bother and just leave. Not very good for keeping people around don't you think?

You mean that if you take text from someone else, you should source it? :)
They teach that in schools. You, as a content creator, should at least be aware of that.

Why such a condescending attitude? Sure, I agree I should've sourced it and no they don't teach that in schools, at least not here.

Why don't we all start copying text from the internet, because some people on YouTube do it...

You're so off the mark here again trying to paint me as the worst scum of the earth. Making videos and copying some text in the description is common practice. Might not be right, but people accept it since description text is not why people watch videos. Most don't even read them.

I mean, if frigging game companies are fully aware and just fine with channels copy/pasting their game descriptions you wouldn't think that you have to link sources on a blockchain built around the idea of censorship resistance. It just doesn't occur to you.

If it was an article and the core content was text, then it would be a different thing in my eyes.

But yes, I understand sourcing copied text would be legally correct regardless.

Now you have an attitude and trying to victimize yourself by calling yourself scum and criminal. I never called you that.

At least give them a chance to correct their mistakes before taking everything away.

First of all - some of your rewards were removed. Not from all posts ("taking everything away"). There is no need to exaggerate.
Second - people correct their mistakes and continue. And there is in nothing wrong with that. You got pointed out your mistake and since you got to know that copying someone else's writing is not welcome on Hive, you could continue writing your own text. Or not. It was your call.

I mean, if frigging game companies are fully aware and just fine with channels copy/pasting their game descriptions you wouldn't think that you have to link sources on a blockchain built around the idea of censorship resistance.

Censorship free media doesn't mean you can freely copy other people's work. Please do not confuse those two.
You are also forgetting that you monetize your posts on Hive. YOUR content. Not other's. And curators should know which part of the post is actually yours, and which is not before they decide to vote it.

But yes, I understand sourcing copied text would be legally correct regardless.

Glad we agree on that.