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RE: Plagiarism on Steemit. A Look at @jpiper20
I appreciate your hard work @pfunk it's one of the reasons why you got my witness vote a week or two ago.
One of the things that I plan to implement for my own blog is running all my content through copyscape, especially any researched articles. I think it's vitally important for the community to trust the platform and its members. I started today with including my copyscape banner. It might be something the community can be encouraged to do.
I appreciate it. Does running through copyscape mean that they store it in case anyone tries to copy it? Or is it to verify that you haven't zonked out and copied an entire sentence?
Hi @pfunk - it's more like a scanning tool. Here is a link to their FAQ page. http://www.copyscape.com/faqs.php
I personally use the premium service for scanning my own material or researching an article that I believe is plagiarized. It does not differentiate between which is original or copied, or whether there are proper citations to the copy. For the individual, it's a great tool to protect one's own material. They also have a copyscape sentry tool, which will scan the entire web weekly or daily for duplicate copies of your material, which could be costly.
I would personally love it if Steemit was able to implement something like an opt-in (for a small fee) where everyone could enter their text and scan it on site before hitting the post button. Perhaps with an automatic banner that states it is plagiarism free or a Trusted contributor.