I'm tired of being nice!

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   FatFreddysCatposted 11 years ago

   While Hub Hopping I noticed a guy who'd posted two Hubs that were copied directly from Yahoo News stories... word-for-word. Normally I'd just flag them and move on but this time I couldn't help myself, I left a comment under each one that said "Wow, it must've been a lot of work to copy this from Yahoo" (or words to that effect) and a link to the original Yahoo story. By this time tomorrow that choad will hopefully have been run off the site on a rail.
   
   So was that too douche-y?
   
   .....Naaaaah.

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      SomewayOuttaHereposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      no...not all FatFreddysCat....i smile everytime I read your name btw!

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      Randy Godwinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Careful!  You won't be included in "the group" if you point out bad stuff! 

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      Cantuhearmescreamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      No I don't think it was too douche-y. You're too funny. Blatant wrongs should be pointed out, it's people and things like that that give HP a bad name.

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      Theophanesposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I don't really like being mean but blatant plagiarism would probably tick me off too. I probably would have flagged that as well. I've seen A LOT of Hubs with grammar and spelling that made my head want to explode in the first sentence, one so bad I pushed the dreaded thumbs down button. There's also a lot of Gibberish ones that  are obviously written by someone still learning English. I don't like leaving negative comments because I know they're trying but that's just me... Contemplating leaving a polite corrective comment to a Hub that had very confused/outdated/wrong information that I found today. *shrug*

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   stephanieb27posted 11 years ago

   I don't think so. If someone is going to copy work they should be called out!

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      gmwilliamsposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Absolutely right.   If one is a writer, one is either ORIGINAL or NOTHING at all.

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   wqaindiaposted 11 years ago

   Why do you worry. Original is Original. Think about who appeared first - the Hen or the egg.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 11 years ago

   Thanx all. Sometimes I think we honest Hubbers NEED to start being a little more "douche-y" when it comes to dealing with copied, sub-par, or nonsense Hubs. Rather than just flaggin'em and letting the Mods do our dirty work, let's let these mo-mo's know that we're onto'em and we're tired of them dragging down the quality of the site for all of us. (ala "Network") I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!!!
   
   **EDIT** Both of the Hubs I spoke of in my original post are now unpublished. Whoo hoo! Results! Fight the power 'n' stuff!!

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      SomewayOuttaHereposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      kewl!

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      Taleb80posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for the efforts you do for the benefit of all of us.

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   Gail Meyersposted 11 years ago

   LOL Randy, sit down or you are going to time out!  haha

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      Randy Godwinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Hey, they already kicked me out of the group!  (anyone know who the group is?) 

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         FatFreddysCatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         I think it was Groucho Marx who said, "I would never belong to a group that would have me as a member."

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            SomewayOuttaHereposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            'groups are dangerous'....quoted from a friend who has travelled the world extensively for a loooonng time....

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   SomewayOuttaHereposted 11 years ago

   hmmmmm...so i wonder what happens to the ones i flag that are really, really bad....e.g. very bad english that do not make sense because english is not really a second language.....but the hub doesn't violate TOS....OMG!...been hopping...but now i'm second guessing myself as to whether i'm wasting my time...

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      FatFreddysCatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Before you flag a crap hub, leave a comment like I did (It doesn't necessarily have to be a snide/douche-y comment but those are more fun. haha). Then the next time you log in, you can look under the "activity" in your profile for the  "You commented on the Hub ______________," link, click on it and see if it's been unpublished.

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         SomewayOuttaHereposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         i'll try that...thanks!

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            FatFreddysCatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Think of it as giving scammers, spammers, and thieves a virtual kick in the 'nads.

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         Randy Godwinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         That is really a good idea, FatFreddyCat! 

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   Gail Meyersposted 11 years ago

   LOL FatFreddysCat!  The shunning of dissenters, Randy?

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      Randy Godwinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I have no idea, but it was suggested I didn't fit in with whoever is in it.  It actually made my day. 

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   Rochelle Frankposted 11 years ago

   Nothing wrong with calling out the copiers.
   Your subject line reminds me of when I was working at a school. One of the teachers, had worked at Disneyland during the summer and when she got back to the first week of school, she said. "I am really glad school has started-- I am soooo tired of being nice to everyone."

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   mary615posted 11 years ago

   I was Hubhopping last night and read one where most of the words were crammed together, i.e. no spaces between words.   Think that might have been a spun article?  I guess I don't know what a spun article looks like.  Anyway, I flagged it.

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    cheaptrickposted 11 years ago

    I was never in the"group"so I saved them some time.Now I just give em a vinegar and water comment.
    After three years here I'm pretty sure the site needs an enema not a douche.I'm just a little nervous they might stick the"Tube"in my home page....lol?

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       Gail Meyersposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       LOL  You are scaring me...haha.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 11 years ago

    Just found ANOTHER guy copying stuff from Yahoo News and posting it as his own work... or maybe it's the same guy, using a different username? Either way, it's lame. Called him/her out in the comments and reported both Hubs.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 11 years ago

    Did some more hub hoppin' this morning... saw lotsa spun/poorly translated/nonsensical crap...which led to lotsa flags (and douche-y comments) by yours truly.
    
    This is almost as much fun as writing actual Hubs.

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       Randy Godwinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       It's even more fun than writing hubs which will probably be idled anyway. 

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          FatFreddysCatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Until the bizarro world gremlins that have been affecting the site lately (stats being stuck for days on end, bizarre view-counts in the billions, etc.) show some signs of being shaken out, I am not writing a damn thing.

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             Randy Godwinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

             If everyone did that we'd soon see something done, I suspect.  But there's always some who will go along with the crowd.

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    cfinposted 11 years ago

    Can you please name and shame the member? We can all then join in and help them grow a conscience.

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       FatFreddysCatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       I'm pretty sure that naming names is against the site's rules, therefore it would probably get me in trouble and get this thread deleted.
       
       Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still out there fighting the good fight. Y'know, like RoboCop.

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    Page1 SEO tacticsposted 11 years ago

    I'd have to say that leaving a comment on the copied hub is half a good idea and half bad, it's good to let the person know that plagiarizing is unacceptable and let's others who read it know that the hub is not original, but it's bad to give that person's hub a comment which technically updates the hub, making it a little more search-friendly.  However, I'm with cfin, and think maybe instead of leaving them a comment on their hub, we should leave them a bit of fan mail. lol

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       FatFreddysCatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Nine times outta ten, the Hubs I flag and leave a "douche comment" end up getting deleted shortly thereafter anywhoo, so I'm not worried about inadvertently giving them extra traffic. It's mainly for my own cruel amusement.

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          cfinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          I am looking through your activity to see if I can find the "unnamed" individual. That is not against HP policy One of them has been deleted already.
          
          I have also started to report "unnamed" individuals who plagiarize.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 11 years ago

    Feelin' grouchy again today so I took it out on some spun/Engrish/spammy Hubs and left some snotty comments. 
    
    I couldn't resist after reading this dribble in an obviously-poorly translated article about Google AdSense:
    
    "The latest marketing tests jazz revealed that placing pictures beside, or above you're a ads can fuck a massive fight on click-thru rates."
    
    I have no idea what that means, but it sounds AWESOME!!

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       Cantuhearmescreamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       You really ought consider waking up on the "wrong side of the bed" regularly. It's like chicken soup for my soul! ;-)

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    cperuzziposted 11 years ago

    Nope.  I would have started to boil the tar and gather the feathers for proper punishment.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 11 years ago

    Oh, this is brilliant. This numb nuts actually responded "thanks" to one of my snotty comments. Check it out before this Hub gets deleted, which will probably be soon cuz it's by a guy who's offering to sell his AdSense account.
    
    http://everythingpro.hubpages.com/hub/A … al-Process

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       Beth37posted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Hey! He is not less than a expert!

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          FatFreddysCatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Who could possibly resist a sales pitch like this?
          
          

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             Cantuhearmescreamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

             Are you friggen kidding me? Wow! Well FatFreddysCat, I must've rolled out of the same side of the bed as you or you're rubbing off on me, I just gave it to him... :-0

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                FatFreddysCatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                Hahahaha, just saw your addition. Awesome!!

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                   Cantuhearmescreamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                   Thanks! Sometimes you try to hold it in as hard as you can... I usually get yelled at by other hubbers "well who the heck do you think you are little Miss Newbie", but I couldn't help it this time.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 11 years ago

    Busted somebody this morning for copying two articles from Wikipedia and passing them off as their own Hubs. LAME!

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       Cantuhearmescreamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       

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       FatFreddysCatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       ...make that FOUR articles. What a lame-O.

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    StitchTheDamnedposted 11 years ago

    That is too sad. I bet this happens more than we realize. It makes it harder for those of us that actually put in a lot of time to research and write our articles.

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       Beth37posted 11 years agoin reply to this

       And for those of us who should put a lot of time and research into our articles, but mainly just say stuff off the top of our heads.

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    PeppermintPaddyposted 11 years ago

    No, not at all. We'd love to hear his "real" voice, not that of another author.

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       Beth37posted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Were you talking to me? I was actually just making fun of myself. Not sure how it came across.

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    Paul Corvanposted 11 years ago

    You did the right thing Plagiarism is a common online problem. And as writers, I think that we should do our best to protect the works of our fellow writers.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 11 years ago

    My newest annoyance... over the past day or two the Q&A section has been flooded with spammy questions apparently from India, all of which follow the same pattern:
    
    "Help me find the best coaching center for (name of random educational program or degree) in (name of random Indian city)?"
    
    I swear I've left snotty responses to about three dozen of these suckers since yesterday!!

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