Warning To Community Members: The Risks Of Doubling Accounts and Plagiarism.

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Dear Fellow Nigerians,

I'm writing this with a heavy heart; sincerely, I'm ashamed of the recent happenings in our community. The alarming trend among Nigerians really put us in a negative light, making fellow users on the platform and even the Steemit team lose their trust in us. Okay, let me stop beating around the bush and go straight to the point.

It has been observed that even some reputable users have been operating multiple accounts, engaging in plagiarism, and using AI to generate their posts. These users are well known; they're Admins/Mods in some communities, and they're opportune to serve as community curators for some months. Well, I know that the allure of quick rewards can be tempting, but we must know the serious consequences of such actions; yes it doesn't affect the offender only but the integrity of the entire platform.

What Is Multiple Or Doubling Accounts?

It's the practice of having and managing more than one account on the platform. People have more than one account for different reasons; some have it to separate their content, to perform different roles with it, or to target a particular niche with them, and all these reasons are just fine. However, we should note that it's against Steemit's rules to use multiple accounts for dubious and malicious purposes like Voting for oneself, yes upvoting your own posts. It's bad to use these accounts to farm rewards, influencing the reward system and not allowing an even spread of rewards to honest users. It is wrong to Spam with the accounts, publish short and irrelevant posts with them, recycle posts with them, or use them to commit plagiarism.

Fellow Nigerians were caught using multiple accounts for malicious purposes, easily maximizing their rewards; some excused this dubious act with pressure from their families, while others denied it at first until they were inexcusable! The truth is that this malicious strategy undermines the fair system that our community is built upon. Dishonest users benefit more; yeah, it creates an uneven playing field where honest users are ignored, not only this, but the quality of engagement within the platform will diminish. Sadly, those who are supposed to warn others against this disgusting act are the ones who are involved in it. Not upholding the integrity of our community.

Not only this, we have also witnessed a concerning rise in plagiarism, I mean a verbatim copied work translated from another language to English, where content generated by AI is passed off as original work. This is unacceptable, Steemit rewards proof of brain and not Machine, and it's not just right to take credit for work that is not ours, it's dishonesty. Actions like this only bring us a bad name and erode trust within our community, they disrupt the creativity and originality honest users try to foster.

Why We Should Take Actions Against Multiple Accounts and Plagiarism/AI:

1. It Undermines Fair Reward: the rewards Steemit provides are based on fairness and contribution. So when a user creates multiple accounts, plagiarizes, or uses AI to generate content, he/she is gaining rewards that do not reflect his or her sincere contributions. Thus honest users who invest their time and effort to create original content on the platform can be demotivated, and this is not Good.

2. It Promotes Negative Behaviors like dishonesty, discontent, and greediness, and if these bad behaviors persist among us, they will discredit the hard work of other innocent and honest Nigerians. So this must stop.

3. Risk Of immediate Consequences: henceforth any Nigerian being caught engaging in multiple accounts creation, plagiarism or any form of abuse must face serious penalties. We all must downvote all his/her active posts, he/she must not receive any reward, and he/she must be removed from any position they hold. These violations must stop.

4. Long-term Reputation Has Been Tarnishing some reputable users who engaged in these dishonest practices has damaged the reputation they've built over the years within the platform. Serving as a warning example for others to deter from them. We must build a good standing, and this requires integrity. We must be honest because this is important for future collaboration and interactions.

Conclusion:

As passionate members of this great platform I urge everyone to reflect on the importance of honesty and contentment. This amazing platform can only thrive on the genuine efforts and contributions of its users. Instead of seeking dishonest gains, and shortcuts, let's focus on creating valuable and original content that will foster connection and growth among us.

I hope our dear Country community will (reconsider) and adjust the way it distributes booming rewards for it to be more equitable.

All forms of abuse must end, let's work together to maintain a fair and equitable environment where all honest users have the opportunity to succeed because they merit it. May we be proud of our honest contributions and engagement because they're the path to true rewards.

Dear Nigerians, your integrity matters; let's work together to put an end to this; yes, if you see something, say something. I mean, if you suspect anyone, say it, no matter who the user is, don't be scared of anyone so that we all can take action against the culprit. Innocent users should not suffer the consequences of dubious actions. Let's build a thriving community that celebrates creativity and originality together.

Thank you🙏.

written by:
@goodybest